1. Little-Endian(小端存储)，即将低字节的数据存储于低地址中，Big-Endian(大端存储)反之。
2. 小端存储称为Intel模式，大端存储称为Motorola模式。
3. C51中LCALL指令将下一指令的执行地址压入堆栈中（堆栈地址由低向高增长），先存入低字节地址，再存入高字节地址，亦即使用“小端模式（Intel模式）”；除此之外，C51中的其它指令和数据，均使用“大端模式（Motorola模式）”。
The -bit machine and has no instructions bits. Multi-byte data are stored according to the following rules. The LCALL instruction stores the address of the next instruction on the stack. The address is pushed onto the stack low-order byte first. The address is, therefore, stored in memory in little endian format. All other -bit and -bit values are stored, contrary to other Intel processors, -bit addresses that are in big endian format. Floating-point numbers are stored according to the IEEE- format and are stored in big endian format with the high-order byte stored first. --引用参考：Keil Cx51 User‘s Guide -> Appendix -> E. Byte Ordering. --http://www.keil.com/support/man/docs/c51/c51_xe.htm
4. Keil编译器不能按用户需求设置大小端的存储模式。
SYMPTOMS My hardware's set up for big endian, but the compiler seems to be storing things little endian. Is there a compiler option to reverse the way data is stored? CAUSE At this time, there is no functionality in any of the compilers to effect a "global" change in the way data is stored. --引用参考：http://www.keil.com/support/docs/730.htm
5. 8051系列MCU中，用C语言进行编程时，数据的存储模式由编译器(Compiler)决定，如Keil C51 Compiler 4.0版本开始使用“大端存储模式”，而较早前的编译器版本中使用的是“小端存储模式”。
Version 4.0 Differences Home » Appendix » B. Version Differences » Version 4.0 Differences Byte Order of Floating-point Numbers Floating-point numbers are now stored in the big endian order. Previous releases of the C51 compiler stored floating-point numbers in little endian format. Refer to Floating-point Numbers for more information. --引用参考：http://www.keil.com/support/man/docs/c51/c51_xb_ver4dif.htm
6. 主流MCU架构关于endian的配置：
使用小端(Little- (including , 65C816), Z80 (including Z180, eZ80 etc.), MCS-, , DEC Alpha, Altera Nios, Atmel AVR, SuperH, VAX, 和 PDP- 等等； 使用大端(Big- and 68k, Xilinx Microblaze, IBM POWER, system/, System/ 等等。 支持配置endian的架构：如下架构有配置endian为大端、小端中任一种的功能， ARM, PowerPC, Alpha, SPARC V9, MIPS, PA-RISC 和 IA- 等等。 --引用参考：http://smilejay.com/2012/01/big-endian_little-endian/
--编者注：ARM架构中，可通过对功能寄存器进行设置，从而切换至Big-Endian或Small-Endian存储模式。