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===Other=== [[File:Elevator Negative Floor Numbers in Ireland (16785350923).jpg|thumb|right|Negative story numbers in an elevator.]] * The numbering of [[storey|stories]] in a building below the ground floor. * When playing an [[Audio signal|audio]] file on a [[portable media player]], such as an [[iPod]], the screen display may show the time remaining as a negative number, which increases up to zero time remaining at the same rate as the time already played increases from zero. * Television [[game shows]]: ** Participants on ''[[QI]]'' often finish with a negative points score. ** Teams on ''[[University Challenge]]'' have a negative score if their first answers are incorrect and interrupt the question. ** ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' has a negative money score β contestants play for an amount of money and any incorrect answer that costs them more than what they have now can result in a negative score. ** In ''[[The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)|The Price Is Right]]'''s pricing game Buy or Sell, if an amount of money is lost that is more than the amount currently in the bank, it incurs a negative score. * The change in support for a political party between elections, known as [[Swing (politics)|swing]]. * A politician's [[United States presidential approval rating|approval rating]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jun/17/ed-miliband-nick-clegg-fall-lowest-popularity-guardian-icm|title=Popularity of Miliband and Clegg falls to lowest levels recorded by ICM poll|first=Patrick|last=Wintour|newspaper=The Guardian |date=17 June 2014|access-date=5 December 2018|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> * In [[video games]], a negative number indicates loss of life, damage, a score penalty, or consumption of a resource, depending on the genre of the simulation. * Employees with [[flextime|flexible working hours]] may have a negative balance on their [[timesheet]] if they have worked fewer total hours than contracted to that point. Employees may be able to take more than their annual holiday allowance in a year, and carry forward a negative balance to the next year. * [[Transposition (music)|Transposing]] notes on an [[electronic keyboard]] are shown on the display with positive numbers for increases and negative numbers for decreases, e.g. "β1" for one [[semitone]] down.
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