Little-endian Adj.
Describes A Computer Architecture In
Which, Within A Given 16- Or 32-bit Word, Bytes At Lower Addresses
Have Lower Significance (the Word Is Stored `little-end-first').
Describes a computer architecture in
which, within a given 16- or 32-bit word, bytes at lower addresses
have lower significance (the word is stored `little-end-first').
The PDP-11 and VAX families of computers and Intel microprocessors
and a lot of communications and networking hardware are
little-endian. See big-endian, middle-endian,
middle-endian adj.
Not big-endian or
little-endian. Used of perverse byte orders such as 3-4-1-2
or 2-1-4-3, occasionally found in the packed-decimal formats of
minicomputer manufacturers who shall remain nameless....