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From: mark@cbnews.ATT.COM (Mark Horton)
Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.misc,comp.lang.misc,comp.protocols.misc
Subject: Re: "big endian" and "little endian" - first usage for computers
Keywords: history
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Date: 28 Dec 88 16:33:38 GMT
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I'd like to thank all the people who so quickly responded to my query.
The answer turns out to be that Danny Cohen originated the terms in
IEN 137 and in the October 1981 issue of IEEE Computer, in a paper called
"On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace".

	Mark Horton