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Endianness

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000388

The order in which a sequence of bytes is stored in computer memory to represent a multi-byte data type. In a big-endian system, the most significant byte is stored at the smallest memory address, while in a little-endian system, the least significant byte is stored first. The x86 architecture uses little-endian ordering, whereas network protocols like TCP/IP use big-endian, known as network byte order.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-000388
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectBits and Bytes
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Endianness",
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  "definition": "The order in which a sequence of bytes is stored in computer memory to represent a multi-byte data type. In a big-endian system, the most significant byte is stored at the smallest memory address, while in a little-endian system, the least significant byte is stored first. The x86 architecture uses little-endian ordering, whereas network protocols like TCP/IP use big-endian, known as network byte order.",
  "subject": "Bits and Bytes",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/endianness/"
}

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