The most negative value, not necessarily or even usually the simple negation of plus infinity . In N bit twos-complement arithmetic, infinity is 2^(N-1) - 1 but minus infinity is -(2^(N-1)), not -(2^(N-1) - 1).
MINUS INFINITY
Meaning of MINUS INFINITY in English
FOLDOC computer English dictionary. Английский словарь по компьютерам FOLDOC. 2012