Explanation of Big Endian and Little Endian Architecture (102025)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
This article was previously published under Q102025 SUMMARY
When designing computers, there are two different architectures for
handling memory storage. They are called Big Endian and Little Endian
and refer to the order in which the bytes are stored in memory.
Windows NT was designed around Little Endian architecture and was not
designed to be compatible with Big Endian because most programs are
written with some dependency on Little Endian.
Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/20/2003 |
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Keywords: | kbHardware KB102025 |
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