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• Zero-and-add-packed

  zero and add packed language (zap) an ibm 360/370 -ssembly language instruction used when performing packed arithmatic to initialise an acc-mulator. (2001-03-25)

• Zero-assignment

  zero -ssignment

• Zero-balancing

  noun a therapy involving the manipulation of the patient’s skeletal structure in order to restore the balance of energy, relieve pain, and maintain well-being zb

• Zero-base

  also, zero-based. without reference to a base figure or to previous practice; according to present needs only, as opposed to a percentage increase or decrease of previous figures: zero-base planning; zero-base inventory. to apply zero-base methods to.

• Zero-base-budgeting

  a process in government and corporate finance of justifying an overall budget or individual budgeted items each fiscal year or each review period rather than dealing only with proposed changes from a previous budget. abbreviation: zbb.

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