The software described in this documentation is either in Extended Support or Sustaining Support. See https://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/enterprise-linux-support-policies-069172.pdf for more information.
Oracle recommends that you upgrade the software described by this documentation as soon as possible.
Different microprocessor vendors use different byte-ordering schemes. For example, Intel processors have traditionally been little-endian. Motorola processors have always been big-endian. Big-endian is an order in which the "big end" (the most-significant byte) is stored first. Little-endian is an order in which the "little end" (the least-significant byte) is stored first.
Figure 3.4 and Figure 3.5 show a representation of the
hexadecimal value 0xFF342109
, where the number is stored at memory
locations 0x1000
through 0x1003
on a little-endian
machine and a big-endian system respectively.