What's the difference between one's complement and two's c

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What's the difference between one's complement and two's c

Posted 05 November 2011 - 12:16 PM

What's the difference between one's complement and two's complement?

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Re: What's the difference between one's complement and two's c

Posted 05 November 2011 - 12:21 PM

The simplest answer is: one's complement is a simple not operation on each bit. Two's complement is that same operation and then add one to it. Additionally, two's complement only has one representation of zero.

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