1. endian - Adjective
2. endian - Verb
endian (not comparable)
(computing) Preceded by a qualifying word: of a computer: storing multibyte numbers with the most significant byte at a particular memory address; for example, at the smallest address (big-endian) or the largest address (little-endian). [from 1980]
endian-neutral code
to end
to finish, complete
to abolish, destroy
to come to an end, cease; to die
Source: en.wiktionary.orgA DCX file consists of a header introducing a set of following PCX files. citation PCX file format PCX files were designed for use on IBM-compatible PCs and always use little endian byte ordering. Source: Internet
An interesting side effect of this implementation is that a program can store a 64-bit value (the longest operand format) to memory while in one endian mode, switch modes, and read back the same 64-bit value without seeing a change of byte order. Source: Internet
It would also imply the file's "endianness" as those units employed little endian (V64) and big endian (Z64) byte alignment. Source: Internet
As the structures have been designed with unaligned members, this "both endian" encoding does however not help implementors as the data structures need to be read byte-wise to convert them to properly aligned data. Source: Internet
MIPSel refers to a MIPS architecture using a little endian byte order. Source: Internet
Newer files have a header that consists of six unsigned 32-bit words, an optional information chunk and then the data (in big endian format). Source: Internet