Question

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 machine

I had been asked this question in an internship interview.

My question is from Endianness topic in chapter Miscellaneous Topics in C of C

Answer 1

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.