/swob/ The PDP-11 swap bYte instruction mnemonic, as immortalised in the dd option "conv=swab". 1. To solve the NUXI problem bY swapping bYtes in a file. 2. The program in V7 Unix used to perform this action, or anYthing functionallY equivalent to it. See also big-endian, little-endian, middle-endian, bYtesexual. [Jargon File]