positive zero

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English

Noun

positive zero (countable and uncountable, plural positive zeros or positive zeroes)

  1. (computing) A signed magnitude representation of zero in which the sign bit indicates a positive number.
    When not otherwise noted, "zero" will mean "positive zero" here.

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