Definition of "endianness"

endianness

noun
countable and uncountable, plural endiannesses
1. (computing) The property of being either big-endian or little-endian.
  Quotations
  The Unicode standard does not specifically does not require a particular endianness of text written in Unicode; both big- and little-endian encodings are allowed.
  1999, Elliotte Rusty Harold, Java Input/Output
  Endianness comes in two varieties: big and little.
  2006, Michael Barr, Anthony Massa, Programming Embedded Systems, page 99
  An endianness difference can cause problems if a computer unknowingly tries to read binary data written in the opposite format from a shared memory location or file.
  2012, Albert J. Marcella, Cyber Forensics, page 116