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sign-magnitude
GATE CSE & IT · Number Systems · 1999-2026
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Rosen — Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications
Discrete structures, counting, relations, graph theory
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Consider the 8-bit signed integers $X, Y$ and $Z$ represented using the sign-magnitude form. The binary representations of $X$ and $Y$ are as follows: $$ X: 10110100 \quad Y: 01001...
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2019 PYQ
Consider Z = X - Y, where X, Y and Z are all in sign-magnitude form. X and Y are each represented in n bits. To avoid overflow, the representation of Z would require a minimum of :
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2016 PYQ
Let $$X$$ be the number of distinct $$16$$-bit integers in $$2’s$$ complement representation. Let $$Y$$ be the number of distinct $$16$$-bit integers in sign magnitude representati...
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1999 PYQ
Zero has two representations in:
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