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  • 21complement —   n. full number or amount; addition that makes up full number; one of two equal things that complete each other; Grammar, addition to complete a predicate; v.   t. complete. (as distinct from    ♦ compliment)    ♦ complemental,    ♦… …

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  • 22complement — n 1. crowning touch, finishing touch, final touch, Inf. clincher, Inf. topper; All Fig. icing or frosting on the cake, dessert. 2. balance, remainder, difference; filler, makeweight; supplement, addition, addendum, accessory. 3. counterpart,… …

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  • 23Two's complement — The two s complement of a binary number is defined as the value obtained by subtracting the number from a large power of two (specifically, from 2 N for an N bit two s complement).A two s complement system or two s complement arithmetic is a… …

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  • 24Ones' complement — The ones complement of a binary number is defined as the value obtained by inverting all the bits in the binary representation of the number (swapping 0 s for 1 s and vice versa). The ones complement of the number then behaves like the negative… …

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  • 25Serial Number Arithmetic — Many protocols and algorithms require the serialization or enumeration of related entities. For example, a communication protocol must know whether some packet comes before or after some other packet. The IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force)… …

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  • 26−0 (number) — −0 is the representation of negative zero or minus zero, a number that, in computing, exists in some signed number representations for integers, and in most floating point number representations. In mathematical terms there is no concept of a… …

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  • 27Arithmetical complement of a number — Complement Com ple*ment, n. [L. complementun: cf. F. compl[ e]ment. See {Complete}, v. t., and cf. {Compliment}.] 1. That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete. [1913 Webster] 2. That… …

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  • 28In her complement — Complement Com ple*ment, n. [L. complementun: cf. F. compl[ e]ment. See {Complete}, v. t., and cf. {Compliment}.] 1. That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete. [1913 Webster] 2. That… …

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  • 29Signed number representations — In computing, signed number representations are required to encode negative numbers in binary number systems. In mathematics, negative numbers in any base are represented by prefixing them with a − sign. However, in computer hardware, numbers are …

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  • 30Winding number — The term winding number may also refer to the rotation number of an iterated map. This curve has winding number two around the point p. In mathematics, the winding number of a closed curve in the plane around a given point is an integer… …

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