In computer technology, Endianness refers to the way individual bytes are ordered in memory within a multi$-$byte number.

For example, the hex number $0$xFAB$3$ would be stored in memory as $0$xFA $0$xB$3$ using the Big Endian system, and as $0$xB$30$xFA using the Little Endian convention.

In the Big Endian system, the bytes are stored in order of decreasing significance, with the most significant first. This is the mathematically "natural" format because it agrees with the order we write the digits in integer representation.

In the Little Endian system, the bytes are stored in order of increasing significance, with the least significant first.

Both systems have been and are in practical use. The historic Motorola $68000$ series of CPUs was big endian.$$Intel and AMD x$86-$compatible CPUs use the little endian system.

Imagine you are reading a book on assembly programming for a certain CPU architecture. You can't remember whether the architecture is little or big endian, but it is certain to be one of the two.

A code example shows you that addition of the two $16-$bit numbers

$0$x$050$x$0$A and

$0$xC$00$xF$6$

produces the number

$0$xC$60$x$00$ without a carry bit. What is your conclusion?

Group of answer choices

The system is little endian.

The system is big endian.