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Two's complement is an integer representation scheme used by most computers to represent signed integral values such as byte, int or long. | Two's complement is an integer representation scheme used by most computers to represent signed integral values such as byte, int or long. | ||
Positive numbers | |||
Negative numbers | |||
The primary motivation between this scheme is that a computer can use the same circuitry to perform both addition and subtraction, whereas otherwise they would have to be treated as separate operations. | |||
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Overview
Two's complement is an integer representation scheme used by most computers to represent signed integral values such as byte, int or long.
Positive numbers
Negative numbers
The primary motivation between this scheme is that a computer can use the same circuitry to perform both addition and subtraction, whereas otherwise they would have to be treated as separate operations.