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There are a few, rare architectures which store values in a sequence other than strict little-endian or big-endian format.
== Origin of the Term ==
The terms ''Big-Endian'' and ''Little-Endian'' originally appeared in ''Gulliver's Travels'', where they referred to which end of a boiled egg was opened first.