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Meaning of signed magnitude | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Examples

“The IEEE standard for floating point⟳ uses signed magnitude for the mantissa.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

signedness signee signees Signer Signers Signet

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