wrong-endian

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English

Etymology

See the etymology for endian.

Adjective

wrong-endian (not comparable)

  1. (computing) Stored in big-endian format on a little-endian machine, or vice versa.
  2. (computing) Slang for big-endian
2024, LMJargon:
The Motorola 680x0 series of processors used in Apple Macintosh computers are wrong-endian.

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