This field indicates the "endianess" of the architecture.
[Visual Basic] Public Shared ReadOnly IsLittleEndian As Boolean [C#] public static readonly bool IsLittleEndian; [C++] public: static readonly bool IsLittleEndian; [JScript] public static var IsLittleEndian : Boolean;
This value is true if the architecture is little-endian; false if it is big-endian.
Different machine architectures sometimes store data using different byte orders. Big-endian means the most significant byte is on the left end of a word. Little-endian means the most significant byte is on the right end of a word.
BitConverter Class | BitConverter Members | System Namespace