"little-endian" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "big-endian"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See the etymology for endian.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "little-endian (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1999, W. Curtis Preston, Unix Backup and Recovery, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 132:",
          "text": "Most big Unix machines are big-endian, but Intel x86 machines and older Digital machines are little-endian.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Storing the most significant byte of a multibyte number at a higher address than the least significant byte; that is, \"little end\" first."
      ],
      "id": "en-little-endian-en-adj-TkgBQdXI",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "most significant byte",
          "most significant byte"
        ],
        [
          "multibyte",
          "multibyte"
        ],
        [
          "address",
          "address"
        ],
        [
          "least significant byte",
          "least significant byte"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) Storing the most significant byte of a multibyte number at a higher address than the least significant byte; that is, \"little end\" first."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "endianness"
        },
        {
          "word": "endianless"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "little-endian"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "big-endian"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See the etymology for endian.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "little-endian (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "endianness"
    },
    {
      "word": "endianless"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncomparable adjectives",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1999, W. Curtis Preston, Unix Backup and Recovery, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 132:",
          "text": "Most big Unix machines are big-endian, but Intel x86 machines and older Digital machines are little-endian.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Storing the most significant byte of a multibyte number at a higher address than the least significant byte; that is, \"little end\" first."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "most significant byte",
          "most significant byte"
        ],
        [
          "multibyte",
          "multibyte"
        ],
        [
          "address",
          "address"
        ],
        [
          "least significant byte",
          "least significant byte"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) Storing the most significant byte of a multibyte number at a higher address than the least significant byte; that is, \"little end\" first."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "little-endian"
}