little-endiann.adj.

Brit.

/ˌlɪtlˈɛndɪən/, U.S.

/ˌlɪd(ə)lˈɛndiən/

Forms: also with capital initial(s).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: little adj., end n., -ian suffix.

Etymology: < little adj. + end n. + -ian suffix, after big-endian n., big-endian adj.Although big-endian n. and big-endian adj. were used in Gulliver's Travels (compare quots. 1726¹ at big-endian n. 1 and 1726 at big-endian adj. 1 and see discussion at that entry), Swift does not appear to have used the present word either in this novel or elsewhere, preferring instead the expression lesser-endian (compare e.g. 1726² at big-endian n. 1).

A. n.

1. With reference to Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels: a person who believes that eggs should be broken at the narrower end before they are eaten (the orthodox view). Also allusively, esp. a party in a disagreement that is considered trifling. Cf. big-endian n. 1 (the only one of the terms used by Swift himself), small-endian n. and adj. at small adj. and n.² Compounds 4.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > creation or description of characters > specific character or creature

big-endian1726

Sleeping Beauty1729

little-endian1749

small-endian1819

panjandrum1825

shock-headed Peter1848

flopsy bunny1909

Pollyanna1921

Tarzan1921

hobbit1937

orc1937

superman1938

Moomin1950

Dalek1963

1749 Visct. Bolingbroke Lett. Spirit Patriotism i. 43 Whether the Big-endians or the Little-endians got the better, I believe no man of sense and knowledge thought the constitution concerned.

1781 J. Tucker Treat. Civil Govt. ii. iv. 248 Points, which concern the Public..just as much as the Big-endians, or Little-endians of the facetious Dean Swift.

1827 J. Mitchell Dendrologia 123 There will be big and little endians, to the end of time.

1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Sept. 11/1 A..controversy..between the Big-endians and the Little-endians of female attire.

1905 Westm. Gaz. 29 Aug. 10/2 The quarrel between the Big-Endians and the Little-Endians promises to be a merry one.

1947 B. Russell Philos. & Politics 23 Enlightened men had begun to view theological controversies as an absurdity, caricatured in Swift's war between the Big-Endians and the Little-Endians.

2011 D. Wastell Managers as Designers in Public Services ii. 54 The ‘Big Society’ has arrived and all are struggling, the die-hard Statists on the Left, the liberal enthusiasts of small government on the Right, to work out exactly what it means: Big-endians and Little-endians alike!

2. Computing. A person who favours a design for computer hardware in which units of data (as bits within a byte, or bytes within a multi-byte data type) are stored or transmitted with the least significant units stored at lower addresses or transmitted first. Cf. big-endian n. 2.

ΚΠ

1980 D. Cohen On Holy Wars & Plea for Peace (Internet Engineering Notes) (Electronic text) No. 137. 2 The Little-Endians assign B0 to the LSB [= least-significant bit] of the words and B31 is the MSB [= most-significant bit].

2001 Y. Savourel XML Internationalization & Localization ii. 35 A peacekeeper in the never-ending conflict between big-endians and little-endians.

B. adj.

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the little-endians. Also allusively.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [adjective] > specific character

big-endian1726

Sleeping Beauty1729

little-endian1828

Mickey Mouse1930

Sherlock Holmesian1958

Sherlockian1959

Dalek1963

Pooterish1963

Moomin-like1965

hobbitish1966

James Bondish1966

James Bond1967

1828 J. Wood Acct. Edinb. Sessional School viii. 103 This subject, though it may not improbably..remind our readers of the famous Big-endian and Little-endian controversy, is by no means without importance.

1832 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. 5 254 Its dome is but a foolish Big-endian or Little-endian chip of an egg-shell compared with that star-fretted Dome.

1902 Q. Bull. (Iowa Masonic Library) Dec. 113/2 It was only in peaceful Lilliput that the Big and Little-endian quarrel could thrive.

1991 Washington Post (Nexis) 7 July x. 14 Had someone sent me (to borrow Swiftian terms) a Little-Endian book counter to my Big-Endian tastes, I would have sent it back.

2. Computing. Designating or relating to computer systems employing byte ordering in which the least significant byte has the lowest address. Cf. sense A. 2, and big-endian adj. 2.

ΚΠ

1981 IEEE Micro 1 81 A little-endian world with little-endian processors.

1999 K. Lunde CJKV Information Processing i. 25 Little endian machines use computing architectures supported by Vax and Intel processors.

2012 Electronics for You (Nexis) 5 Oct. You can freely copy a database..between big-endian and little-endian architectures.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	little-endian
释义	little-endiann.adj. Brit. /ˌlɪtlˈɛndɪən/, U.S. /ˌlɪd(ə)lˈɛndiən/ Forms: also with capital initial(s). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: little adj., end n., -ian suffix. Etymology: < little adj. + end n. + -ian suffix, after big-endian n., big-endian adj.Although big-endian n. and big-endian adj. were used in Gulliver's Travels (compare quots. 1726¹ at big-endian n. 1 and 1726 at big-endian adj. 1 and see discussion at that entry), Swift does not appear to have used the present word either in this novel or elsewhere, preferring instead the expression lesser-endian (compare e.g. 1726² at big-endian n. 1). A. n. 1. With reference to Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels: a person who believes that eggs should be broken at the narrower end before they are eaten (the orthodox view). Also allusively, esp. a party in a disagreement that is considered trifling. Cf. big-endian n. 1 (the only one of the terms used by Swift himself), small-endian n. and adj. at small adj. and n.² Compounds 4. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > creation or description of characters > specific character or creature big-endian1726 Sleeping Beauty1729 little-endian1749 small-endian1819 panjandrum1825 shock-headed Peter1848 flopsy bunny1909 Pollyanna1921 Tarzan1921 hobbit1937 orc1937 superman1938 Moomin1950 Dalek1963 1749 Visct. Bolingbroke Lett. Spirit Patriotism i. 43 Whether the Big-endians or the Little-endians got the better, I believe no man of sense and knowledge thought the constitution concerned. 1781 J. Tucker Treat. Civil Govt. ii. iv. 248 Points, which concern the Public..just as much as the Big-endians, or Little-endians of the facetious Dean Swift. 1827 J. Mitchell Dendrologia 123 There will be big and little endians, to the end of time. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Sept. 11/1 A..controversy..between the Big-endians and the Little-endians of female attire. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 29 Aug. 10/2 The quarrel between the Big-Endians and the Little-Endians promises to be a merry one. 1947 B. Russell Philos. & Politics 23 Enlightened men had begun to view theological controversies as an absurdity, caricatured in Swift's war between the Big-Endians and the Little-Endians. 2011 D. Wastell Managers as Designers in Public Services ii. 54 The ‘Big Society’ has arrived and all are struggling, the die-hard Statists on the Left, the liberal enthusiasts of small government on the Right, to work out exactly what it means: Big-endians and Little-endians alike! 2. Computing. A person who favours a design for computer hardware in which units of data (as bits within a byte, or bytes within a multi-byte data type) are stored or transmitted with the least significant units stored at lower addresses or transmitted first. Cf. big-endian n. 2. ΚΠ 1980 D. Cohen On Holy Wars & Plea for Peace (Internet Engineering Notes) (Electronic text) No. 137. 2 The Little-Endians assign B0 to the LSB [= least-significant bit] of the words and B31 is the MSB [= most-significant bit]. 2001 Y. Savourel XML Internationalization & Localization ii. 35 A peacekeeper in the never-ending conflict between big-endians and little-endians. B. adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the little-endians. Also allusively. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [adjective] > specific character big-endian1726 Sleeping Beauty1729 little-endian1828 Mickey Mouse1930 Sherlock Holmesian1958 Sherlockian1959 Dalek1963 Pooterish1963 Moomin-like1965 hobbitish1966 James Bondish1966 James Bond1967 1828 J. Wood Acct. Edinb. Sessional School viii. 103 This subject, though it may not improbably..remind our readers of the famous Big-endian and Little-endian controversy, is by no means without importance. 1832 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. 5 254 Its dome is but a foolish Big-endian or Little-endian chip of an egg-shell compared with that star-fretted Dome. 1902 Q. Bull. (Iowa Masonic Library) Dec. 113/2 It was only in peaceful Lilliput that the Big and Little-endian quarrel could thrive. 1991 Washington Post (Nexis) 7 July x. 14 Had someone sent me (to borrow Swiftian terms) a Little-Endian book counter to my Big-Endian tastes, I would have sent it back. 2. Computing. Designating or relating to computer systems employing byte ordering in which the least significant byte has the lowest address. Cf. sense A. 2, and big-endian adj. 2. ΚΠ 1981 IEEE Micro 1 81 A little-endian world with little-endian processors. 1999 K. Lunde CJKV Information Processing i. 25 Little endian machines use computing architectures supported by Vax and Intel processors. 2012 Electronics for You (Nexis) 5 Oct. You can freely copy a database..between big-endian and little-endian architectures. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1749
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