different between multibyte vs endian

English

Etymology

multi- +? byte

Pronunciation

Adjective

multibyte (also multi-byte)

1. (computing) Contained in more than one byte.

   The computer stored the number in a multibyte location: it took 32 bits or four entire bytes to store so large a value.

English

Etymology

end +? -ian; from a passage in Gulliver's Travels in which an emperor, after cutting his finger after opening an egg at the large end, commands his subjects to open them at the small end; those who comply are called “Little-Endians”, while those who rebel by opening their eggs at the large end are called “Big-Endians.”

The usage of the term endian in computing was coined by Danny Cohen in 1980.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n.di.?n/

Adjective

endian (not comparable)

1. (computing) Of a computer, storing multibyte numbers with the most significant byte at a greater (little-endian) or lower (big-endian) address.

Related terms

• big-endian
• endianness
• little-endian

Anagrams

• Aidenn, Andine, Dannie, Dianne, Nadine, indane, neanid

Old English

Alternative forms

• ændian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *andij?n? (“to end”). Cognate with Old Frisian endia (“to finish”), Old Saxon endi?n (“to come to a stop”), Old High German ent?n (“to end”), Old Norse enda (“to end”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?en.di.?n/

Verb

endian

1. to end, make an end of
2. to finish, complete
3. to abolish, destroy
4. to come to an end, cease; to die

Conjugation

Derived terms

• endung
• ?eendian

Descendants

• Middle English: enden
  • English: end
  • Scots: ende, end