COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
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Question
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Least significant position
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Middle significant position
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Most significant position
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Both a and b
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Detailed explanation-1: -Little Endian Byte Order: The least significant byte (the “little end") of the data is placed at the byte with the lowest address. The rest of the data is placed in order in the next three bytes in memory. In these definitions, the data, a 32-bit pattern, is regarded as a 32-bit unsigned integer.
Detailed explanation-2: -In particular, the leftmost (first) byte is the most significant (containing the most significant eight bits of the corresponding bit string), and the rightmost (last) byte is the least significant (containing the least significant eight bits of the corresponding bit string).
Detailed explanation-3: -Explanation: In a little endian machine, the least significant byte (right most) is stored in the smallest address.
Detailed explanation-4: -In Little-endian ordering, the most significant byte (MSB) is placed last and the least significant byte (LSB) is placed first. This is the opposite of Big-endian ordering (significant byte first, least significant byte last).