Unsigned

Quick meaning: Unsigned is an adjective meaning (computing) Not accepting negative numbers; having only a positive value (or zero).

Meaning

(computing) Not accepting negative numbers; having only a positive value (or zero).

More Meanings

1. Lacking a signature, unendorsed.
2. Not signed to an organization such as a sports club or record label.
3. (computing) A numeric value or variable that has no sign and can only be positive.

Example Sentences

The bank rejected the unsigned check.

The unsigned player also had the option of sitting out a year and negotiating as a free agent.

We use an unsigned variable to store the employee's salary, since it will never be less than zero.

For compilers which produce two-byte unsigneds, the maximum cumulative frequency is 16,383 if we wish to avoid the use of long arithmetic.

Word Forms

• unsigneds

Antonyms for unsigned

Common opposites include signed.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include signed, uncommitted, unallocated, unmapped, unattested, unexecuted.

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