zeroth
ze·roth
Z0012075 (zîr′ōth, zē′rōth)zeroth
(ˈzɪərəʊð)ze•roth
(ˈzɪər oʊθ)adj.
| Adj. | 1. | zeroth - preceding even the first |
| 单词 | zeroth | |||
| 释义 | zerothze·rothZ0012075 (zîr′ōth, zē′rōth)zeroth(ˈzɪərəʊð)ze•roth(ˈzɪər oʊθ)adj.
zerothzeroth(jargon)Since zero is the lowest value of an unsigned binaryinteger, which is one of the most fundamental types inprogramming and hardware design, it is often natural tocount from zero rather than one, especially when the integeris actually an index, as in hardware addressing or C andLisp's 0-based indexing of arrays. Hackers and computer scientists often like to call the firstchapter of a publication "Chapter 0", especially if it is ofan introductory nature (one of the classic instances was inthe First Edition of K&R). In recent years this trait hasalso been observed among many pure mathematicians (who have anindependent tradition of numbering from 0). Zero-based numbering tends to reduce fencepost errors,though it cannot eliminate them entirely. Logically, the next item after the zeroth should be the"oneth" but this is never used. zeroth
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