two's complement
Noun
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Noun
two's complement
- (computing) The number obtained by complementing every bit of a given number and adding one. A number and its complement add to 2n, where n is the word size of the machine.
- The two's complement of 0xAAAA is 0x5556 on a 16-bit machine, and 0xFFFF5556 on a 32-bit machine.
- (computing) The convention by which bit patterns with high bit 0 represent positive numbers from 0 to 2^{n-1} - 1 directly, while bit patterns with high bit 1 represent negative numbers from -1 to -2^{n - 1}, n being the word size of the machine, and the numeric complement of a number is its two's complement.
- Nearly all modern computers use two's complement for integer arithmetic.
- Portuguese: complemento de dois
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