endian
formats (byte ordering)

Byte ordering can affect the results when data is written and read. For example, the 2- byte integer value 1 is written as 0x0001 on a big-endian system (like Sun SPARC Solaris) and as 0x0100 on a little-endian system (such as an Intel-compatible PC).

laughed at Jasmine:-(

SELECT tp.endian_format
FROM v$transportable_platform tp,
v$database d
WHERE tp.platform_name = d.platform_name;