What do the > < signs in numpy dtype mean?

Question

What is the difference between dtype=\'f\', dtype=\'f4\', dtype=\'>f4\', dtype\'? The syntax is not explained

Answer 1

Endian-ness.

< = little-endian (LSB first)

> = big-endian (MSB first)

https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/generated/numpy.dtype.byteorder.html