Multibyte vs Endian - What's the difference?
multibyte | endian |
(computing) Contained in more than one byte.
(computing) Of a computer, storing multibyte numbers with the most significant byte at a greater (little-endian) or lower (big-endian) address.
In computing terms the difference between multibyte and endian
is that multibyte is contained in more than one byte while endian is of a computer, storing multibyte numbers with the most significant byte at a greater little-endian or lower big-endian address.multibyte
English
Adjective
(head) (also multi-byte )- The computer stored the number in a multibyte location: it took 32 bits or four entire bytes to store so large a value.