Question

Consider the 32-bit binary number 11110000 00000000 10101010 00000001, stored in the word with address 5000. for a big-endian architecture, what value is stored in byte 5003?

A. 11110000
B. 00000000
C. 10101010
D. 00000001

Answer 1

In a big-endian architecture, the value stored at byte 5003 for the given 32-bit binary number 11110000 00000000 10101010 00000001 is 00000001.

Step-by-step explanation:

The 32-bit binary number in question is 11110000 00000000 10101010 00000001, and we are asked to determine the value stored at byte 5003 in a big-endian architecture. Big-endian is an architecture where the most significant byte (MSB) is at the smallest address, which means that as the addresses increase, the bytes stored are less significant.

Here, the bytes in increasing order of address are 11110000 (at address 5000), 00000000 (at address 5001), 10101010 (at address 5002), and 00000001 (at address 5003).

Therefore, the value stored in byte 5003 is 00000001.