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  big-endian
       
          1.  A computer architecture in which,
          within a given multi-{byte numeric representation, the most
          significant byte has the lowest address (the word is stored
          "big-end-first").
       
          Most processors, including the IBM 370 family, the PDP-10,
          the Motorola microprocessor families, and most of the
          various RISC designs current in mid-1993, are big-endian.
       
          See -endian.
       
          2.  A backward electronic mail
          address.  The world now follows the Internet hostname
          standard (see FQDN) and writes e-mail addresses starting
          with the name of the computer and ending up with the country
          code (e.g. fred@doc.acme.ac.uk).  In the United Kingdom the
          Joint Networking Team decided to do it the other way round
          (e.g. me@uk.ac.wigan.cs) before the Internet domain
          standard was established.  Most gateway sites required
          ad-hockery in their mailers to handle this.
       
          By July 1994 this parochial idiosyncracy was on the way out
          and mailers started to reject big-endian addresses.  By about
          1996, people would look at you strangely if you suggested such
          a bizarre thing might ever have existed.
       
          [{Jargon File]
       
          (1998-08-09)
       
       

  big-endian adj. [common; From Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" via the
     famous paper "On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace" by Danny Cohen, USC/ISI
     IEN 137, dated April 1, 1980] 1. Describes a computer architecture in
     which, within a given multi-byte numeric representation, the most
     significant byte has the lowest address (the word is stored
     `big-end-first'). Most processors, including the IBM 370 family, the
     PDP-10, the Motorola microprocessor families, and most of the various
     RISC designs are big-endian. Big-endian byte order is also sometimes
     called `network order'. See little-endian, middle-endian, NUXI
     problem, swab. 2. An {Internet address} the wrong way round. Most
     of the world follows the Internet standard and writes email addresses
     starting with the name of the computer and ending up with the name of
     the country. In the U.K. the Joint Networking Team had decided to do it
     the other way round before the Internet domain standard was established.
     Most gateway sites have ad-hockery in their mailers to handle this,
     but can still be confused. In particular, the address
     me@uk.ac.bris.pys.as could be interpreted in JANET's big-endian way as
     one in the U.K. (domain uk) or in the standard little-endian way as one
     in the domain as (American Samoa) on the opposite side of the world.
  
  

  big-endian
     a.
     1 (lb en computing) Storing the most significant byte of a multibyte
  number at a lower address than the least significant byte; that is,
  "big end" first.
     2 (lb en networking) Transmitting the most significant byte of a
  multibyte number before transmitting the least significant byte; that
  is, "big end" first.

  big-endian
     a.
     1 (lb en computing) Storing the most significant byte of a multibyte
  number at a lower address than the least significant byte; that is,
  "big end" first.
     2 (lb en networking) Transmitting the most significant byte of a
  multibyte number before transmitting the least significant byte; that
  is, "big end" first.

  big-endian
     a.
     1 (lb en computing) Storing the most significant byte of a multibyte
  number at a lower address than the least significant byte; that is,
  "big end" first.
     2 (lb en networking) Transmitting the most significant byte of a
  multibyte number before transmitting the least significant byte; that
  is, "big end" first.

  big-endian
     a.
     1 (lb en computing) Storing the most significant byte of a multibyte
  number at a lower address than the least significant byte; that is,
  "big end" first.
     2 (lb en networking) Transmitting the most significant byte of a
  multibyte number before transmitting the least significant byte; that
  is, "big end" first.

  big-endian /bˈɪɡɛndˈɪən/
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  big-endian /bi.ɡ‿ɛn.djan/ 
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  big-endian
     
  (一种二进制数据储存和传输格式,位于前面的是最高位位元或位元组)