unsigned
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editunsigned (not comparable)
- (computing) Not accepting negative numbers; having only a positive value (or zero).
- We use an unsigned variable to store the employee's salary, since it will never be less than zero.
- Lacking a signature, unendorsed.
- The bank rejected the unsigned check.
- Not signed to an organization such as a sports club or record label.
- 2008, Jonathan Rand, The Year That Changed the Game:
- The unsigned player also had the option of sitting out a year and negotiating as a free agent.
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editnot accepting negative numbers; having only a positive value
lacking a signature, unendorsed
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Noun
editunsigned (plural unsigneds)
- (computing) A numeric value or variable that has no sign and can only be positive.
- 1999, Steve Heller, Optimizing C++, page 107:
- For compilers which produce two-byte unsigneds, the maximum cumulative frequency is 16,383 if we wish to avoid the use of long arithmetic.