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20 October 2025

  • curprev 14:3614:36, 20 October 2025Bfh-sts talk contribs 1,831 bytes +1,831 Created page with "= Endianness: Byte Order & Practice = This page explains endianness, the order in which bytes of a multi-byte value are stored or transmitted, and why it matters in computing. == Word size and bytes == Modern computers usually have a word size of 32 or 64 bits. If a value is larger than one byte, it must be split across multiple bytes. The question is: which byte comes first when storing or transmitting the value? == Big endian and little endian == * Big endian: th..."