ones' complement
"Ones' complement" is a binary number representation system where each bit is inverted to find the complement, often used in older computing systems to represent negative numbers.
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Definition
C1Computing
(technical)A method of representing signed binary numbers by inverting all bits, turning 0s to 1s and 1s to 0s.
Example
- In ones' complement, the binary number 1010 becomes 0101.
C1Computing
(technical)A system where negative numbers are represented by the inverted bits of their positive counterparts.
Example
- The ones' complement of 0001 (1) is 1110 (-1 in ones' complement system).
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