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little-endian

little-endian adjective: storing the most significant byte of a multibyte number at a higher address than the least significant byte; that is, "little end" first.

Adjective

little-endian (not comparable)

  1. Storing the most significant byte of a multibyte number at a higher address than the least significant byte; that is, "little end" first.
    • Most big Unix machines are big-endian, but Intel x86 machines and older Digital machines are little-endian.1999, W. Curtis Preston, Unix Backup and Recovery, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 132

Antonyms of little-endian

Origin of little-endian

See the etymology for endian.

Questions about little-endian

What does little-endian mean?
Little-endian means storing the most significant byte of a multibyte number at a higher address than the least significant byte; that is, "little end" first.
What part of speech is little-endian?
Little-endian is an adjective.

Words near little-endian in the dictionary

  1. little yus
  2. Little's disease
  3. Little's law
  4. little-ease
  5. little-eases
  6. little-endian
  7. little-finger nail
  8. little-finger nails
  9. little-girlish
  10. little-go
  11. little-goes

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