The orderiNg of bytes iN a multi-byte Number. The term comes from Swift' s "Gulliver' s Travels" via the famous paper "ON Holy Wars aNd a Plea for Peace" by DaNNy CoheN, USC/ISI IEN 137, 1980-04-01. The LilliputiaNs, beiNg very small, had correspoNdiNgly small political problems. The Big-ENdiaN aNd Little-ENdiaN parties debated over whether soft-boiled eggs should be opeNed at the big eNd or the little eNd. See big-eNdiaN, little-eNdiaN, middle-eNdiaN, {holy wars}, {NUXI problem}, {swab}. (1998-08-09)
