sign bit

In computer science the sign bit is the bit in a computer numbering format which indicates the sign of the number. Typically the bit is the most significant bit in the format. Typically if the sign bit is 1 the number is negative (in the case of two's complement integers) or non-positive (for the case of ones' complement integers, sign-magnitude integers, and floating point numbers). Typically if the sign bit is 0 the number is positive.

See also

• Negative and non-negative numbers

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