MANUAL ANALYSIS: ADDRESSES

gef>  x/wx 0x401000 
 0x401000 <_start>:	0x000001b8
 
 * the most common format when examining addresses is HEX (x)
    - used to examine addresses and registers containing hex data, such as memory 
      addresses, instructions, or binary data
       - instead of mov eax,0x1, the output is 0x000001b8
          - this is the machine code representation in little-endian formatting
             - read as: b8 01 00 00 (BIG ENDIAN)