Welcome to Data Crystal's new home! Data Crystal is now part of the TCRF family (sort of).
The wiki has recently moved; please report any issues in Discord. Pardon the dust.
The wiki has recently moved; please report any issues in Discord. Pardon the dust.
Endianness: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(add some systems) |
(more entries) |
||
| Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
* [[Nintendo Game Boy]] | * [[Nintendo Game Boy]] | ||
* [[Nintendo Game Boy Advance]] | * [[Nintendo Game Boy Advance]] | ||
* [[Nintendo DS]] | |||
* [[Windows]] | |||
==Big endian systems== | ==Big endian systems== | ||
* [[Sega Genesis]] | * [[Sega Genesis]] | ||
* Many Internet protocols, such as TCP. | |||
{{stub}} | {{stub}} | ||
Revision as of 18:40, 30 December 2012
Endianness or byte order is the order of bytes in a multi-byte value like a word. Systems are usually referred to as either 'little endian', where the least significant byte (lsb) comes first, or 'big endian', where the most significant byte (msb) comes first.
More non-ROM hacking specific information can be found at Wikipedia's Endianness article.
Little endian systems
- Nintendo Entertainment System
- Super Nintendo
- Nintendo Game Boy
- Nintendo Game Boy Advance
- Nintendo DS
- Windows
Big endian systems
- Sega Genesis
- Many Internet protocols, such as TCP.
 | This page is rather stubbly and could use some expansion. Are you a bad enough dude to rescue this article? |