programming_languages:low_level

Big vs little endian

Most significant byte is stored at memory address with the lowest address.

Example: 32 Bit integer is stored in 4 Bytes: 16909060 ⇒ Address 1000: x01, 1001: x02, 1002: x03, 1003: x04

Most significant byte is stored at memory address with the highest address.

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  • Last modified: 2018/08/24 20:48
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