Endianness
The order a multi-byte number is written in, big end first or little end first. The same bytes read in the other order give a wrong number, which is why formats state their byte order.
- See also: Byte
- Used in: Binary & Data Representation
The order a multi-byte number is written in, big end first or little end first. The same bytes read in the other order give a wrong number, which is why formats state their byte order.