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# Core Foundation Constants

## Topics

### Constants

[`var CFByteOrderBigEndian: __CFByteOrder`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/CFByteOrderBigEndian)

Multi-byte values are stored with the most-significant bytes stored first. PowerPC CPUs are big endian.

[`var CFByteOrderLittleEndian: __CFByteOrder`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/CFByteOrderLittleEndian)

Multi-byte values are stored with the least-significant bytes stored first. Pentium CPUs are little endian.

[`var CFByteOrderUnknown: __CFByteOrder`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/CFByteOrderUnknown)

The byte order is unknown.

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_10: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_10)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_10_1: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_10_1)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_10_2: Int32`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_10_2)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_10_3: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_10_3)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_10_4: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_10_4)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_10_5: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_10_5)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_10_Max: Int32`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_10_Max)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_11: Int32`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_11)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_11_1: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_11_1)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_11_2: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_11_2)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_11_3: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_11_3)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_11_4: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_11_4)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_11_Max: Int32`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_11_Max)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_7_5: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_7_5)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_8: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_8)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_8_1: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_8_1)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_8_2: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_8_2)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_8_3: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_8_3)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_8_4: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_8_4)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_9: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_9)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_9_1: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_9_1)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_9_2: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber10_9_2)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_6_0: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_6_0)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_6_1: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_6_1)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_7_0: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_7_0)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_7_1: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_7_1)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_8_0: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_8_0)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_8_1: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_8_1)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_8_2: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_8_2)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_8_3: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_8_3)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_8_4: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_8_4)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_8_x_Max: Int32`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_8_x_Max)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_9_0: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_9_0)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_9_1: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_9_1)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_9_2: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_9_2)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_9_3: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_9_3)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_9_4: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_9_4)

[`var kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_9_x_Max: Int32`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFCoreFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_9_x_Max)

[`var kCFNotFound: CFIndex`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFNotFound)

A constant that indicates that a search operation did not succeed in locating the target value.

[`let kCFURLAddedToDirectoryDateKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLAddedToDirectoryDateKey)

[`let kCFURLApplicationIsScriptableKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLApplicationIsScriptableKey)

[`let kCFURLCanonicalPathKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLCanonicalPathKey)

[`let kCFURLDocumentIdentifierKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLDocumentIdentifierKey)

[`let kCFURLFileProtectionComplete: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLFileProtectionComplete)

[`let kCFURLFileProtectionCompleteUnlessOpen: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLFileProtectionCompleteUnlessOpen)

[`let kCFURLFileProtectionCompleteUntilFirstUserAuthentication: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLFileProtectionCompleteUntilFirstUserAuthentication)

[`let kCFURLFileProtectionKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLFileProtectionKey)

[`let kCFURLFileProtectionNone: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLFileProtectionNone)

[`let kCFURLGenerationIdentifierKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLGenerationIdentifierKey)

[`let kCFURLIsApplicationKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLIsApplicationKey)

[`let kCFURLQuarantinePropertiesKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLQuarantinePropertiesKey)

[`let kCFURLTagNamesKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLTagNamesKey)

[`let kCFURLUbiquitousItemDownloadingErrorKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLUbiquitousItemDownloadingErrorKey)

[`let kCFURLUbiquitousItemDownloadingStatusCurrent: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLUbiquitousItemDownloadingStatusCurrent)

[`let kCFURLUbiquitousItemDownloadingStatusDownloaded: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLUbiquitousItemDownloadingStatusDownloaded)

[`let kCFURLUbiquitousItemDownloadingStatusKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLUbiquitousItemDownloadingStatusKey)

[`let kCFURLUbiquitousItemDownloadingStatusNotDownloaded: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLUbiquitousItemDownloadingStatusNotDownloaded)

[`let kCFURLUbiquitousItemUploadingErrorKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLUbiquitousItemUploadingErrorKey)

[`let kCFURLVolumeIsEncryptedKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLVolumeIsEncryptedKey)

[`let kCFURLVolumeIsRootFileSystemKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLVolumeIsRootFileSystemKey)

[`let kCFURLVolumeSupportsCompressionKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLVolumeSupportsCompressionKey)

[`let kCFURLVolumeSupportsExclusiveRenamingKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLVolumeSupportsExclusiveRenamingKey)

[`let kCFURLVolumeSupportsFileCloningKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLVolumeSupportsFileCloningKey)

[`let kCFURLVolumeSupportsSwapRenamingKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLVolumeSupportsSwapRenamingKey)

[`var CGFLOAT_EPSILON: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/CGFLOAT_EPSILON)

[`var CGFLOAT_IS_DOUBLE: Int32`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/CGFLOAT_IS_DOUBLE)

[`var CGFLOAT_MAX: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/CGFLOAT_MAX)

[`var CGFLOAT_MIN: Double`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/CGFLOAT_MIN)

[`var COREFOUNDATION_CFPLUGINCOM_SEPARATE: Int32`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/COREFOUNDATION_CFPLUGINCOM_SEPARATE)

[`var ISA_PTRAUTH_DISCRIMINATOR: Int32`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/ISA_PTRAUTH_DISCRIMINATOR)

[`let kCFErrorLocalizedFailureKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFErrorLocalizedFailureKey)

[`let kCFURLDirectoryEntryCountKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLDirectoryEntryCountKey)

[`let kCFURLFileContentIdentifierKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLFileContentIdentifierKey)

[`let kCFURLFileIdentifierKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLFileIdentifierKey)

[`let kCFURLFileProtectionCompleteWhenUserInactive: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLFileProtectionCompleteWhenUserInactive)

[`let kCFURLIsPurgeableKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLIsPurgeableKey)

[`let kCFURLIsSparseKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLIsSparseKey)

[`let kCFURLMayHaveExtendedAttributesKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLMayHaveExtendedAttributesKey)

[`let kCFURLMayShareFileContentKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLMayShareFileContentKey)

[`let kCFURLUbiquitousItemIsExcludedFromSyncKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLUbiquitousItemIsExcludedFromSyncKey)

[`let kCFURLVolumeAvailableCapacityForImportantUsageKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLVolumeAvailableCapacityForImportantUsageKey)

[`let kCFURLVolumeAvailableCapacityForOpportunisticUsageKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLVolumeAvailableCapacityForOpportunisticUsageKey)

[`let kCFURLVolumeMountFromLocationKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLVolumeMountFromLocationKey)

[`let kCFURLVolumeSubtypeKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLVolumeSubtypeKey)

[`let kCFURLVolumeSupportsAccessPermissionsKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLVolumeSupportsAccessPermissionsKey)

[`let kCFURLVolumeSupportsFileProtectionKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLVolumeSupportsFileProtectionKey)

[`let kCFURLVolumeSupportsImmutableFilesKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLVolumeSupportsImmutableFilesKey)

[`let kCFURLVolumeTypeNameKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFURLVolumeTypeNameKey)

[`let kCFUserNotificationAlertTopMostKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFUserNotificationAlertTopMostKey)

[`let kCFUserNotificationKeyboardTypesKey: CFString!`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFUserNotificationKeyboardTypesKey)



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