https://www.technicalsourcery.net/categories/endianness/Recent content in endianness on 🪄 Technical SourceryHugo -- gohugo.ioenCopyright © 2018-{year} Karl Stenerud. All Rights Reserved.Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:02:22 +0100https://www.technicalsourcery.net/posts/on-endianness/Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:02:22 +0100https://www.technicalsourcery.net/posts/on-endianness/Byte Endianness in computers has been a constant source of conflict for decades. But is there really a clear advantage to one over the other? Let’s explore together! Origins of the Term The terms “Little Endian” and “Big Endian” originate from Jonathan Swift’s 1726 novel “Gulliver’s Travels”. It tells of long strife culminating in a great and costly war between the empires of “Lilliput” and “Blefuscu”, because they disagreed about which end of a boiled egg to break for eating.