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endianness

the order of the bytes, comprising a digital word, in computer memory, based on significance
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endianness

Summary

endianness has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • endianness is credited with the discovery of Danny Cohen[2].
  • Gulliver's Travels is named after endianness[3].
  • endianness is a type of order[4].
  • endianness's Commons category is recorded as Endianness[5].
  • endianness's facet of is recorded as computer memory[6].
  • endianness's facet of is recorded as central processing unit[7].
  • endianness's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/endianness[8].
  • endianness's main Wikidata property is recorded as P3374[9].

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Definition and Type

endianness is a type of order[4].

Origins

Gulliver's Travels is named after endianness[3].

Why It Matters

endianness has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] endianness is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

central processing unit computer memory Danny Cohen Gulliver's Travels

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . theregister.co.uk. Retrieved . theregister.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . cs.umd.edu. Retrieved . cs.umd.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Osdev article id → 3744
    Subclass of → order
    Main wikidata property → P3374
    Discoverer or inventor → Danny Cohen
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14367]]: 3744, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/299326440|Endianness (#299326440)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8178|OSDev articles]] #mix'n"
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