Assertion: byte's bit | /r/CapableOf | function as a sign indicator
Facets:
value: effectively
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Another interesting property of two's complement systems is that the first bit does effectively function as a sign indicator (i.e. all numbers beginning with the bit 1 are negative), but the next seven bits are not to be interpreted on their own as an unsigned number to which the sign bit is applied.