English Explanatory Dictionary

sign bit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The bit in the representation of a number indicating whether it is negative or positive; applicable to both twos complement and signed magnitude representations.

Word forms

sign bit sign bits

Related words

signed magnitude twos complement
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