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Meaning of little-endian | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Storing the most significant byte of a multibyte number at a higher address than the least significant byte; that is, "little end" first.

not-comparable

Equivalents

Français little-endian little-endian

Examples

“Most big Unix machines are big-endian, but Intel x86 machines and older Digital machines are little-endian.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

little-girlish little-known little-used littleleaf littler littler known

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