Big-endian
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Big-endian is an adjective meaning (computing) Storing the most significant byte of a multibyte number at a lower address than the least significant byte; that is, "big end" first.
Meaning
(computing) Storing the most significant byte of a multibyte number at a lower address than the least significant byte; that is, "big end" first.
More Meanings
- (networking) Transmitting the most significant byte of a multibyte number before transmitting the least significant byte; that is, "big end" first.
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.
Antonyms for big-endian
Common opposites include little-endian.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include little-endian, endian, bi-endian, bytesexual, bytewise, wide.
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