Method of storing or transmitting data in which the least significant bit or byte is presented first. Compare with big-endian.

adj. Describes a computer architecture in which, within a given 16- or 32-bit word, bytes at lower addresses have lower significance (the word is stored `little-end-first'). The PDP-11 and VAX fa [..]

Internetworking Dictionary A format for storage or transmission of binary data in which the least significant byte (bit) comes first. See also: big-endian. [Source: RFC1208]

Internally, Wintel computers store binary data with the least significant byte first. This is the opposite of network order used in Java. endian

A format for storage or transmission of binary data in which the least significant byte comes first.

The little-endian convention is a type of addressing that refers to the order of data stored in memory. In this convention, the least significant bit (or "littlest" end) is first sto [..]

From Swift: someone who eats eggs little end first. Also used of computers that store the least significant byte of a word at a lower byte address than the most significant byte. Often considered superior to big-endian machines. See also big-endian.

From Swift: someone who eats eggs little end first. Also used of computers that store the least significant byte

adj. Refers to storage of a multi-byte quantity with the least-significant byte at the lowest address. See also byte order.

A byte-ordering method in memory where the address n of a word corresponds to the least significant byte. In an addressed memory word, the bytes are ordered from 3, 2, 1, 0, with 3 being the most sign [..]