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binzer

(verb) : To change the value of bit(s) or byte(s) to binary zero.

Submitted by: Anonymous Aug. 06, 2006 16:00

(noun) : BINary ZERo.

Submitted by: Anonymous Aug. 04, 2006 11:42

(noun) : Originally in IBM S/360 assembler language programming: 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') 3 : the lowest value in a computer collating sequence; NUL

"All flag fields should be initialized with binzers." —David Angal, March 2001

Submitted by: David Angal from Oregon Jul. 09, 2006 23:03

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