Definition of "little-endian" [little-endian]

Of a computer, storing the most significant byte of a multibyte number at a higher address than the least significant byte; that is, "little end" first. (adjective)

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Use "little-endian" in a sentence

"There have been plenty of other apparently minor mistakes in computing that continue to create real headaches: for example, the different line end characters used on Windows, Unix, and Apple; or the big-endian/little-endian distinction in hardware integer representation."
"A number of .jpeg files, with headers, each prepended by a 24-bit (3-byte) little-endian value representing the size, and buffered at the end with nulls, so that they are at predictable locations (the jpeg modulo)."
"Companies can now leverage the power of Android for both big-endian and little-endian versions of MIPS processors for their SoCs targeting devices such as digital TVs (DTVs), set-top boxes (STBs) and a range of other applications in the digital home and beyond."

Words like "little-endian"

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