Question

What order are words stored on an Intel chip (what we're using)? ___ endian

1) Big
2) Little

Answer 1

Words on an Intel chip are stored in little endian order.

Step-by-step explanation:

Words on an Intel chip are stored in little endian order.

In little endian order, the least significant byte of a word is stored at the lowest memory address and the most significant byte is stored at the highest memory address.

For example, if we have the word 'ABCD' stored in memory, it would be stored as 'DCBA' in little endian order.