zero-based

English

Adjective

zero-based (not comparable)

1. (finance) Of a budget or budgeting system: such that every expense needs to be approved every year, without the possibility of automatically accepting something because of its prior existence.
2. (programming) Of an array or list: such the first element of the array or list is called the "zeroth".

Derived terms

• zero-based budget

See also

• zero-sum