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== Origin of the Terms ==
The terms ''Big-Endian'' and ''Little-Endian'' originally appeared in the book ''classic satirical tale [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/829/829-h/829-h.htm Gulliver's Travels''] by Jonathan Swift, where they referred to which end of a boiled egg was opened first.