unsigned
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unsigned
adjective
- 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. The unsigned player also had the option of sitting out a year and negotiating as a free agent.
Opposite: signed
noun unsigneds
- A numeric value or variable that has no sign and can only be positive. For compilers which produce two-byte unsigneds, the maximum cumulative frequency is 16,383 if we wish to avoid the use of long arithmetic.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: signed, uncommitted, unallocated, unassigned, unmapped, unendorsed, unattested, unratified, unexecuted, unsealed, unauthenticated, unapproved, unverified, anonymous, unnamed, unidentified
adjective
Opposite: signed
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adj not accepting negative numbers; having only a positive value
| 日本語 | 符号無し fugō-nashi |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 無符號 /无符号 wú fúhào, 非帶號 /非带号 fēidàihào |
| Português | sem sinal |
| Français | non-signé |
| Italiano | senza segno |
| Русский | беззна́ковый bezznákovyj |
adj lacking a signature, unendorsed
| Ελληνικά | ανυπόγραφος anypógrafos |
|---|---|
| Русский | неподпи́санный nepodpísannyj |
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