Little-endian
data, architecture
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.
The term is sometimes used to describe the ordering of units other than bytes; most often, bits within a byte.
Compare big-endian, middle-endian. See NUXI problem.
[Jargon File]
(1995-08-16)
Read Also:
- Little end
noun (Brit) 1. Also called (in vertical engines) top end. the smaller end of a connecting rod in an internal-combustion engine or reciprocating pump Compare big end 2. the bearing surface between the smaller end of a connecting rod and the gudgeon pin
- Little-englander
noun 1. an English person who believes the best interests of Britain are served by attention to Britain itself, rather than to the concerns of the empire. /ˈɪŋɡləndə/ noun 1. (esp in the 19th century) a person opposed to the extension of the British Empire 2. (Brit, informal) a person who perceives most foreign influences […]
- Little-entrance
noun, Eastern Church. 1. the solemn procession in which the book of the Gospels is carried through the nave of the church and into the bema.
- Little-falls
noun 1. a township in NE New Jersey.
- Little-finger
noun 1. the finger farthest from the thumb, the smallest of the five fingers.