leading pad

leading pad

[′lēd·iŋ ′pad]
(computer science)
Characters that fill unused space at the left end of a data field.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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