ゾーン形けい式しき

noun

zoned decimal format

Dated computing term for a numeric encoding where each digit occupies a byte and the zone portion of the last byte indicates the sign. Now largely of historical interest.

• ゾーン形けい式しきは、メインフレーム時じ代だいの古ふるいデータ表ひょう現げんの一ひとつです。

  Zoned decimal format is one of the old data representations from the mainframe era.