Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

little-endian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables: lit-tle-en-di-an
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

See the etymology for endian.

Frequently Paired Words

endianness endianless

Antonyms

big-endian

Questions

What does little-endian mean?: Storing the most significant byte of a multibyte number at a higher address than the least significant byte; that is, "little end" first.
Where does little-endian come from?: See the etymology for endian.

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