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ENDIANNESS [1 record]

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Record 1 2022-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
CONT

Endianness refers to the way a given machine stores data in memory ... A big-endian machine stores a data item's most significant byte first. ... A little-endian machine, on the other hand, stores the least significant byte [first].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
CONT

[...] un entier étant composé de plusieurs octets, il est possible de choisir de stocker ses octets en mémoire de gauche à droite ou de droite à gauche. Cet ordre [est appelé] boutisme [...]

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