zero-based

Adjective

Meaning

(finance) Of a budget or budgeting system: such that every expense needs to be approved every year, without the possibility of automatically accepting something because of its prior existence.

(programming) Of an array or list: such the first element of the array or list is called the "zeroth".

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He implemented zero-based budgeting within state departments and added a Judicial Selection Commission to verify the credentials of judges appointed by the governor. Source: Internet

Pointer operations can also be expressed more elegantly on a zero-based index due to the underlying address/offset logic mentioned above. Source: Internet

This can be avoided by using zero-based indexing or a larger data type for L so it can fit R + 1. An infinite loop may occur if the exit conditions for the loop are not defined correctly. Source: Internet

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