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wrong-endian

wrong-endian adjective: stored in big-endian format on a little-endian machine, or vice versa.

Adjective

wrong-endian (not comparable)

  1. Stored in big-endian format on a little-endian machine, or vice versa.
  2. Slang for big-endian

Origin of wrong-endian

See the etymology for endian.

Questions about wrong-endian

What does wrong-endian mean?
Wrong-endian means stored in big-endian format on a little-endian machine, or vice versa.
What part of speech is wrong-endian?
Wrong-endian is an adjective.

Words near wrong-endian in the dictionary

  1. wrong warp
  2. wrong'd
  3. wrong'un
  4. wrong'uns
  5. wrong-doing
  6. wrong-endian
  7. wrong-foot
  8. wrong-footed
  9. wrong-footing
  10. wrong-foots
  11. wrong-headed

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