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*big-endian* : "Multibyte data items are always stored in big-endian order, where the high bytes come first." \[[The Java Virtual Machine Specification|AA. Bibliography#JVMSpec 99]\] [Chapter 4 "The {{class}} File Format"|http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jvms/second_edition/html/ClassFile.doc.html] "The {{class}} File Format". This term refers to the tension between Lilliput and Blefuscu (regarding whether to open soft-boiled eggs from the large or the small end) in Jonathan Swift's satirical novel _Gulliver's Travels_; it was first applied to the question of byte-ordering by Danny Cohen in \[[Cohen 1981|AA. Bibliography#Cohen 81]\]. |
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