negative zero

English

Noun

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

1. (computing) A signed magnitude representation of zero in which the sign bit indicates a negative number.

   One must take care in handling negative zero in comparisons.

Related terms

• positive zero

Translations

computing: representation of zero

• Finnish: negatiivinen nolla
• French: zéro négatif m
• Japanese: 負のゼロ (fu no zero)