Most of the processor architectures which we come into contact with today are little-endian systems, meaning that they store and address bytes in a least-significant byte (LSB) order. Unlike in ...

The digits on the left are less in value than the digits on the right. See byte order. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.

The order of numbers in a computer word. Byte order refers to the order of digits in computer words at least 16 bits long. See word. Big endian is how we normally deal with numbers: the most ...