How is Big/Little Endian stored again?
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[ 0x00 ] Bits:
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Big Endian byte:

      [ 128 ][ 64 ][ 32 ][ 16 ][ 8 ][ 4 ][ 2 ][ 1 ]

Little Endian byte:

      [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 4 ][ 8 ][ 16 ][ 32 ][ 64 ][ 128 ]

NOTE: Most (if not all) mainstream computer architectires have a Big Endian
      bit order! x86 for example has a Big Endian bit order, but Little
      Endian byte order.


[ 0x01 ] Bytes:
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Big Endian 2 byte integer:

      [ 32768 ][ 16384 ][ 8192 ][ 4096 ][ 2048 ][ 1024 ][ 512 ][ 256 ]
      [  128  ][   64  ][  32  ][  16  ][   8  ][   4  ][  2  ][  1  ]

Little Endian 2 byte integer:

      [  128  ][   64  ][  32  ][  16  ][   8  ][   4  ][  2  ][  1  ]
      [ 32768 ][ 16384 ][ 8192 ][ 4096 ][ 2048 ][ 1024 ][ 512 ][ 256 ]

Big Endian -> MSB has the lowest address (char a; char b; short int c)

           + bottom of stack, top of memory
  0xFF (a) | [  128  ][   64  ][  32  ][  16  ][   8  ][   4  ][  2  ][  1  ]
  0xFE (b) | [  128  ][   64  ][  32  ][  16  ][   8  ][   4  ][  2  ][  1  ]
  0xFD (c) | [  128  ][   64  ][  32  ][  16  ][   8  ][   4  ][  2  ][  1  ]
  0xFC (c) | [ 32768 ][ 16384 ][ 8192 ][ 4096 ][ 2048 ][ 1024 ][ 512 ][ 256 ]
           V top of stack, bottom of memory

Little Endian -> LSB has the lowest address (char a; char b; short int c)

           + bottom of stack, top of memory
  0xFF (a) | [  128  ][   64  ][  32  ][  16  ][   8  ][   4  ][  2  ][  1  ]
  0xFE (b) | [  128  ][   64  ][  32  ][  16  ][   8  ][   4  ][  2  ][  1  ]
  0xFD (c) | [ 32768 ][ 16384 ][ 8192 ][ 4096 ][ 2048 ][ 1024 ][ 512 ][ 256 ]
  0xFC (c) | [  128  ][   64  ][  32  ][  16  ][   8  ][   4  ][  2  ][  1  ]
           V top of stack, bottom of memory