Canonical! I like it: 3. authorized; recognized; accepted. 4. (of a mathematical equation, coordinate, etc.) in simplest or standard form. -- http://www.thefreedictionary.com/canonical
INTFMT(CANON|SCALED) Thanks everyone for your help. Some more helpful than others. Might I humbly observe that some people here are more fond of posting their favorite answer than of reading the question? Why the obsession with kibi, mibi, etc.? (Rhetorical question -- no need to prolong the thread.) There are many, many examples of imprecision in our industry and our world. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gerhard Postpischil Sent: Friday, May 03, 2013 2:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OT - What is the proper term for "K" notation? On 5/2/2013 9:55 PM, Charles Mills wrote: > The code is done LOL. Nope, no options. What you get is what you get. > Customers are happy with it. I now have a need to be able to turn it > OFF (not customer unhappiness; machine parsing: machines are happier > with 7867543225 than with 7.86G). So now I need a name for it and for > its negation. Writing an integer in full is referred to as canonical form, thus the shortened format would be a non-canonical form. You probably want something shorter, or easier for the non-specialist to understand. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
