Computer Science GCSE
Carry out of the most significant bit
What Carry out of the most significant bit means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The extra most significant bit produced by a calculation, which is lost because the storage location cannot hold it.
Topics that use Carry out of the most significant bit
- Binary (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Arithmetic right shift
- Base 16 place value
- Logical right shift
- Range and overflow
- Two's complement representation
- Binary addition with carry
- Binary representation of data
- Compact representation of binary
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