complement base
Technical term in computing for the base used in complement representation, such as the radix in radix complement or diminished radix complement.
The complement base is an important concept in radix complement representation.
Compound of 補数 (hosū, 'complement') + の (no, possessive particle) + 底 (soko, 'base'). The term is a direct translation of the English computing term 'complement base'.