"wrong-endian" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: See endian. Wrong in sense 2 is used in its “improper/unfit” sense, referring to big-endian not being the de facto standard, used in the vast majority of computers, as little-endian is, hence it could be perceived as a strange or even incorrect choice for endianness. Etymology templates: {{senseno|en|big}} sense 2, {{m-g|improper/unfit}} “improper/unfit” Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} wrong-endian (not comparable), {{tlb|en|computing}} (computing)
  1. Stored in big-endian format on a little-endian machine, or vice versa. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-wrong-endian-en-adj-tnXaCPsL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Computing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45 Disambiguation of Computing: 58 42 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (slang, humorous) Synonym of big-endian. Tags: humorous, not-comparable, slang Synonyms: big-endian [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-wrong-endian-en-adj-wohONPLq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: endianness, endianless, little-endian, big-endian
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