Index: Common.h
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diff -u -r810dd01b8fa7d5864adea6aaf13c43c61f2c889b -r69a0182c54b996ab7ed94e9b3071d49588a1710a
--- Common.h	(.../Common.h)	(revision 810dd01b8fa7d5864adea6aaf13c43c61f2c889b)
+++ Common.h	(.../Common.h)	(revision 69a0182c54b996ab7ed94e9b3071d49588a1710a)
@@ -99,9 +99,12 @@
 #define MASK_OFF_LSB                    0xFF00      ///< Bits to mask off the least significant byte of a 2-byte word
 #define MASK_OFF_MSW                    0x0000FFFF  ///< Bits to mask off the most significant 2-byte word of a 4-byte word
 #define MASK_OFF_LSW                    0xFFFF0000  ///< Bits to mask off the least significant 2-byte word of a 4-byte word
-#define MASK_OFF_U32_MSB                0x00FFFFFF  ///< Bits to mask off the most significant 3-byte word of a 4-byte word
+#define MASK_OFF_U32_MSB                0x00FFFFFF  ///< Bits to mask off the most significant byte word of a 4-byte word
+#define MASK_OFF_U32_LSB                0xFFFFFF00  ///< Bits to mask off the least significant byte of a 4-byte word
+#define MASK_OFF_U32_MSBS               0x000000FF  ///< Bits to mask off all but the least significant byte of a 4-byte word
 #define SHIFT_8_BITS_FOR_BYTE_SHIFT     8           ///< Number of bits to shift in order to shift a byte
 #define SHIFT_16_BITS_FOR_WORD_SHIFT    16          ///< Number of bits to shift in order to shift 2 bytes
+#define SHIFT_24_BITS                   24          ///< Number of bits to shift in order to shift 3 bytes
 #define MASK_OFF_NIBBLE_LSB             0xF0        ///< Bits to mask off the least significant nibble of a byte
 #define MASK_OFF_NIBBLE_MSB             0x0F        ///< Bits to mask off the most significant nibble of a byte
 #define MAX_DOUBLE_DIGIT_DECIMAL        99U         ///< Maximum value for a decimal byte