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Two's Complement Calculator

Calculate two's complement for negative numbers.

Binary Input

Decimal: 10

Two's Complement

11110110

Decimal: -10

One's Complement

11110101

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📘 Two's Complement

To find two's complement:

  1. Flip all bits (one's complement)
  2. Add 1

Example: 5 = 00000101 → 11111010 → 11111011 = -5

🧠 Why Two's Complement?

  • Only one representation of zero
  • Addition/subtraction work the same
  • No special circuitry needed

⚡ Applications

  • CPUs: Standard for signed integers
  • Programming: int, short, long types

✅ Key Takeaways

  • MSB (leftmost bit) indicates sign: 0=positive, 1=negative
  • Range for n bits: -2^(n-1) to 2^(n-1)-1

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