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A machine in which the least significant byte is stored in the smallest address is __________(a) Big endian machine(b) Bi-endian machine(c) Binary bit machine(d) Little endian machineI had been asked this question in an internship interview.My question is from Endianness topic in chapter Miscellaneous Topics in C of C

Answer» CORRECT OPTION is (d) Little endian machine

For explanation: In little endian MACHINES, last byte of binary REPRESENTATION (least significant byte) of a multi byte DATA type is stored first, whereas in big endian method, the first byte of binary representation of a multi byte data type is stored first.


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