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- noun computing The property of a computer of being either
big-endian orlittle-endian .
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A common driver programming approach is described that allows drivers to be written without concern for platform-specific issues such as endianness and data ordering.
Sun Bloggers Paul Johnson 2010
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· Resampling of audio (rate, channels, sample size, signedness and endianness); audio is auto-resampled between clips.
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This way, you can trace registers and memory allocations to understand data endianness, stack frames, etc.
The Code Project Latest Articles Zuoliu Ding 2010
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Developers only have problems when they use processor-specific features like SSE/Altivec/NEON, or when they share data between processors of different endianness - which doesn't apply to ARM/PowerPC, since they are both big-endian.
MyAppleMenu 2010
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· Fix frame of "return to C handler" so that it matches expected size (2 slots) · Improve ARM processor endianness determination by include/gambit. h.
Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Webscripts 2010
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In contrast with i386 it has both different word size and different endianness.
phpBB.com 2010
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Lastly, can anyone recommend an affordable way to gain access to the various systems where I might test 32-bit, 64-bit systems of both big and little endianness?
LinuxQuestions.org 2010
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* Resampling of audio (rate, channels, sample size, signedness and endianness); audio is auto-resampled between clips.
GnomeFiles.org 2010
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I've read quite a bit of AMF3 conversion code and they appear to try and account for endianness when dealing with floats/doubles, but not with ints.
LinuxQuestions.org 2010
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· Fix frame of "return to C handler" so that it matches expected size (2 slots) · Improve ARM processor endianness determination by include/gambit. h.
Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Webscripts 2010
seanahan commented on the word endianness
Is this the property being big-endian or little-endian? When transferring data, you could ask, "What's its endianness?". Can't forget middle-endian either.
July 11, 2007