positional notation; positional representation system
Technical computing term for a numeral system where a digit's value depends on its position, such as decimal or binary.
Computers process numbers using positional notation.
十進法も二進法も位取り表記法の一種です。
Both decimal and binary systems are types of positional notation.
Compound of 位取り (place value, positioning) + 表記法 (notation system). A technical term likely coined in modern Japanese to translate 'positional notation'.