最さい大だい有ゆう効こうビット

noun

most significant bit; MSB

Computing term for the highest-order bit in a binary number, often used in bitwise operations and data representation.

• 最さい大だい有ゆう効こうビットが1のとき、その数かずは負ふの値あたいとみなされる。

  When the most significant bit is 1, the number is considered negative.