noun
big-endian
Computing term for byte order where the most significant byte is stored first. Contrasts with リトルエンディアン (little-endian).
ネットワークバイトオーダーはビッグエンディアンです。
Network byte order is big-endian.
Borrowed from English 'big-endian', a term coined by Danny Cohen in 1980, referencing Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels.