English

Etymology
end + -ian; from a passage in w:Gulliver's Travels|Gulliver's Travels in which an emperor, after cutting his finger after opening an egg at the large end, commands his subjects to open them at the small end; those who comply are called �Little-Endians�, while those who rebel by opening their eggs at the large end are called �Big-Endians.�

Adjective
en-adj-notcomp

1. computing Of a computer, storing multibyte numbers with the most significant byte at a greater italbrac|little-endian or lower italbrac|big-endian address.

Derived terms
big-endian
endianness
little-endian

Old English

Etymology
From the noun ende

Verb
endian

1. to end

Category:Old English weak verbs

ru:endian

• 2007-02-12 10:02 - Kappa - /* Adjective */ # {{computing}} Of a computer, storing [[multibyte]] numbers with the [[most significant byte]] at a greater {{italbrac|little-endian}} or lower {{italbrac|big-endian}} [[address]].

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