Endianness
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The property of being either big-endian or little-endian. countable, uncountable
"When reading and writing data a byte at a time, it is necessary to know the endianness of the computer you are working on."
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"When reading and writing data a byte at a time, it is necessary to know the endianness of the computer you are working on."
Etymology
From endian + -ness.