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Big [Endian] is where you send/store the number 0x01020304 as "01 02 03 04". This was traditionally used for larger machines, and since larger machines had network connectivity, NetworkByteOrder has been traditionally BigEndian.
-Humans
are naturally
BigEndian,
we write numbers "1234" when we mean One
thousand, two hundred and thirty four, not
"4321
".
+English and most European languages
are traditionally
BigEndian:
we write numbers "1234" when we mean "one
thousand, two hundred and thirty four". By contrast
, Semitic languages such as Arabic and Hebrew are LittleEndian -- despite the fact that the digits are written in the same order -- because those languages are read right-to-left. So
"1234
" in Arabic is STILL "one thousand, two hundred and thirty four", it's just read out in reverse order
.
Compare LittleEndian.
+
+Most [SiliconGraphicsIndy]'s are BigEndian.
