"The system will not cater for the representation of negative numbers.
The complete term for this coding system is called...."
That is the original question.
2006-09-10 09:10:08 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
with 1's comp, negative is done with a separate bit. (old burroughs stuff and others)
with 2's comp, negative is done by flpping bits all through the number, and is checked by looking at the highest order bit
simple unsigned has no provision for a sign bit. so .... that's your answer!
2006-09-10 10:35:49 · answer #1 · answered by jake cigar™ is retired 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's "one's complement". Let's say you have an eight-bit computer with 65,536 memory locations (including 0), such as the Apple II series computers from the mid- to late 1980s. On such a computer, -1 would be FFFF hexadecimal or 1111111111111111 binary, whereas +1 would be 0001 hexadecimal or 1 binary.
2006-09-10 16:19:11 · answer #2 · answered by ichliebekira 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The system is called two's complement - a way of representing signed numbers in binary. The MSB (Most Significant Bit) is the sign bit.
2006-09-10 16:25:02 · answer #3 · answered by Manoj D 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It seems like you already knew the answer, is this some type of trivia?
2006-09-11 01:07:35 · answer #4 · answered by soulblazer28 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋