Byte Order Mark

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
BOM
Pronunciation
/baɪt ˈɔrdər mɑrk/
Category
Computing
Related Field
Assembly

Examples in Context

  1. Some toolkits were unable to parse the Unicode byte order mark sent by other toolkits.
  2. UTF-8 has no ambiguity about byte order that must be resolved with a byte order mark or other heuristics.

Other meanings of BOM