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signed magnitude

signed magnitude noun: the convention by which one bit in the representation of a number indicates the numeric sign, while the rest indicate the magnitude.

Noun

signed magnitude

  1. The convention by which one bit in the representation of a number indicates the numeric sign, while the rest indicate the magnitude.
    • The IEEE standard for floating point uses signed magnitude for the mantissa.

Questions about signed magnitude

What does signed magnitude mean?
Signed magnitude means the convention by which one bit in the representation of a number indicates the numeric sign, while the rest indicate the magnitude.
What part of speech is signed magnitude?
Signed magnitude is a noun.

Words near signed magnitude in the dictionary

  1. signe
  2. signed
  3. signed away
  4. signed in
  5. signed into
  6. signed magnitude
  7. signed off
  8. signed on
  9. signed on the dotted line
  10. signed one's death warrant
  11. signed one's own death warrant

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