Modulus
What Modulus means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Returns the remainder, which is useful for testing divisibility or wrapping values.
Returns the remainder after division, for example 17 MOD 5 gives 2.
Topics that use Modulus
- Algorithms (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Operators (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Relational operators
- Arithmetic operators
- Binary search
- Bubble sort
- Linear search
- Logic error
- Logical operators
- Merge sort
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