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- zero suppression
- The substitution of blanks for leading zeros in a number. For example, 00057 becomes 57 with zero suppression.
- zoned decimal format
- A format for representing numbers in which the digit is contained in bits 4 through 7 and the sign is contained in bits 0 through 3 of the least significant byte; bits 0 through 3 of all other bytes contain 1's (hex F). For example, in zoned decimal format, the decimal value of +123 is represented as 1111 0001 1111 0010 1111 0011. See also packed decimal format.
- zone transfer
- The act of a secondary name server obtaining domain information from a master name server.
- zone width
- The number of positions to the left of the right margin in which to end words.
- zoom
- To progressively increase or decrease the size of a part of an image on a display or window.
- Z-order
- In VisualAge® RPG, the order in which controls are placed on other controls. This order determines the relationship between controls.