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| The Etymology of BINZER | |||
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binzer |
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Pronunciation: |
/'bin-z&r/ |
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Reference
Merriam-Webster OnLine "Pronunciation Guide" at: http://www.m-w.com/help/pronguide.htm. |
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Function: |
noun |
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Etymology: |
BINary
ZERo |
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Date: |
1960's? |
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Usage: |
originally
in IBM S/360 assembler language programming: |
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| 1 : a binary digit of the value '0'; | |||
| 2 : a byte in which all bits are zero; eight consecutive binary digits of the value '00000000' (hexadecimal '00'); | |||
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3 : the lowest
value in a computer collating sequence; NUL. |
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Note: Definition
(2) is distinct from computer code assignments of "zero," such
as the displayable representations of EBCDIC hex'F0' and ASCII hex'30'. |
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| Inflected Form(s): | plural -s | ||
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: containing
multiple (usu. consecutive) bits of the value zero, or bytes in which
all bits are zero <the last record is binzers> |
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| Function: | transitive verb | ||
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to change the
value of bits or byte(s) to binary zero <always binzer your flag
fields first> |
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See also...
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Email binzer.org | ||
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