> Big endian systems store numbers the way us humans do: the largest number is written first.

Obviously the author was trying to just give a quick example to aid visualization, but here's some nitpicking: I can probably come up with at least IV writing systems used by humans that don't use "big endian" for numbers. Or either, really.

Examples: Tally marks, Ancient Egyptian numerals, Hebrew and Attic numerals, and obviously Roman numerals.

Also lots languages in written form order words somewhat... randomly (French, Danish, old English, ...).