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twos complement

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ID 705399 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain Automation - Computer Science - Information Technology
  • Standard binary arithmetic (+ or-) can be used without special provision for the sign indicated by the MSB.
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  • FR: complément a deux [EUR]; (complément a la base en numération binaire [EUR]) DE: Zweierkomplement [EUR]; Zweier-Komplement [EUR]
twos complement
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  • Each datum is a word of 32 binary bits. The first bit on the left determines the sign: - it is zero for positive numbers; in this case the succeeding 31 bits give the value in "true" binary notation, - it is one for negative numbers; in this case the succeeding 31 bits give the value in "twos complement" notation.

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