In illustrations of data structures in memory, smaller addresses appear toward the bottom of the
figure; addresses increase toward the top. Bit positions are numbered from right to left. The
numerical value of a set bit is equal to two raised to the power of the bit position. IA-32 processors
are “little endian” machines; this means the bytes of a word are numbered starting from the
figure; addresses increase toward the top. Bit positions are numbered from right to left. The
numerical value of a set bit is equal to two raised to the power of the bit position. IA-32 processors
are “little endian” machines; this means the bytes of a word are numbered starting from the
least significant byte.