big-endian
big-endian
English
Adj
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Definition
Storing the most significant byte of a multibyte number at a lower address than the least significant byte; that is, "big end" first.
Etymology
See the etymology for endian.
Example Sentences
- "Most big Unix machines are big-endian, but Intel x86 machines and older Digital machines are little-endian."
- "The network octet order for all protocols in the TCP/IP protocol suite is big-endian. A big-endian computer system need not perform any conversion in building TCP/IP protocol headers from integers stored in its memory."
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