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').

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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').
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,

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