unsignedness

The state or condition of being unsigned.

Noun

  1. The state or condition of being unsigned.
    • You're quite right: bits are bits, and the "signedness" or "unsignedness" of a given bit pattern depends strictly on your point of view. - 1989, Personal Computer:
    • Under ANSI C, the wider type's signedness or unsignedness prevails if the resulting value can be stored in that type, otherwise unsignedness prevails. - 1994, Mark A Terribile, Practical C++:
    • Earlier versions of GCC would try to preserve unsignedness. - 2006, William Von Hagen, The definitive guide to GCC:

Origin

From unsigned + -ness.

Antonyms

signedness