A high rank or position; holding a lofty status or office.
彼は会社の中で高位にある役員だ。
He is an executive who holds a high position in the company.
高位の官吏が式典に出席した。
A high-ranking official attended the ceremony.
高位に就くには長年の経験が必要だ。
It takes many years of experience to reach a high position.
High-order (digit/bit): referring to the higher-order positions (digits, bits) in numbers or data, often used in computing/mathematics.
この演算は高位ビットから順に処理する。
This operation processes from the high-order bits first.
高位の桁で四捨五入する場合に注意が必要だ。
Care is needed when rounding at a high-order digit.