Beginner Assembly Language
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What is the difference between little-endian and big-endian?

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The correct answer is B) Little-endian stores the least significant byte first; big-endian stores the most significant byte first

B

Correct Answer

Little-endian stores the least significant byte first; big-endian stores the most significant byte first

Explanation

x86 is little-endian: the value 0x12345678 stored at address 0x100 is 78 56 34 12 in memory. ARM can be either.

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