11 votes 11 votes In the Big-Endian system, the computer stores MSB of data in the lowest memory address of data unit LSB of data in the lowest memory address of data unit MSB of data in the highest memory address of data unit LSB of data in the highest memory address of data unit CO and Architecture isro2007 co-and-architecture floating-point-representation little-endian-big-endian + – go_editor asked Jun 10, 2016 • retagged Sep 19, 2023 by Hira Thakur go_editor 4.8k views answer comment Share Follow See 1 comment See all 1 1 comment reply JashanArora commented Dec 4, 2019 reply Follow Share Big-endian is human friendly. The digits are stored as we(humans) see them. So, MSB placed at the lowest memory location. $\begin{matrix} MSB &- &- &- & - &- &- &LSB \\ 0 &1 &2 &3 &4 &5 &6 &7 \end{matrix}$ Little-endian is arithmetic-friendly, and it stores the MSB towards the highest memory location. If the number is 0x12345678, it is saved as: 78 56 34 12 See the MSB (the digit 1)location here. 1 votes 1 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.
0 votes 0 votes Big-endian is an order in which the “big end” i.e. the most significant value in the sequence is stored first at the lowest storage address. topper98 answered Mar 23, 2020 topper98 comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.