wrong-endian

English

Etymology

See endian. Wrong in sense 2 is used in its “improper/unfit” sense, referring to big-endian not being the de facto standard, used in the vast majority of computers, as little-endian is, hence it could be perceived as a strange or even incorrect choice for endianness.

Adjective

wrong-endian (not comparable) (computing)

  2. Stored in big-endian format on a little-endian machine, or vice versa.
  4. (slang, humorous) Synonym of big-endian.
    • 2024, LMJargon‎[1], archived from the original on 22 October 2026:
      The Motorola 680x0 series of processors used in Apple Macintosh computers are wrong-endian.

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