number 34E6H is to be stored. en 34H is stored in one location and E6H is in the next
location. Intel’s processors use what is termed the little endian format, which means the lower
byte is stored in the lower address and the upper byte in the higher address. us, if the above
word has an address of 60088H, the storage is as shown in Fig 1.7. is is in contrast to certain
other processors (like Motorola) which uses the big endian format.(e origin of the word
‘endian’ is supposed to be from Gulliver’s travels, referring to a controversy about whether an
egg should be broken at the little end or the big ...
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