GE DATANET-30 System Manual page 57

WORD
IN~
MEMORY
~I
18 17
BINARY REPRESENTATION
0
I
00
000 000
18
17
0 1
00
000 000
18
17
1
I
l l
111 111
18
17
1
I
l l
111 111
18 17
1 00 000 000
18
17
0
I
l l
111 111
18 17
000
000 000
1
000 000 101
1
111
111 011
i
111 111 111
1
000 000 000
1
111 111
111
1
I
11
I
the sign (in the two's
complement sense)
the number
1
4
BIT POSITION
~
0 (negative zero
is not possible)
+5
-5
-1
-131,072 (the largest
negative
number)
+131,071 (the largest
positive
number)
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