bi-endian

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

bi-endian

   Silicon schizophrenia.  Processors and other chips that have
   can be switched to work in {big-endian} or {little-endian}
   mode.

   The {PowerPC} chip has this ability, which allows it to run
   the little-endian {Windows NT}, or the big-endian {Mac OS/PPC}.

   (1995-02-23)