what are unassigned binary numbers?

Question

whats the difference between unassigned binary numbers and binary numbers?

Answer 1

C B's answer is mostly correct. However 11111101 is -3. In order to optimize how a processor counts (which is also related to overflow issues) a computer (x86 architecture at least) counts from:



0000 0011 = 3

0000 0010 = 2

0000 0001 = 1

0000 0000 = 0

1111 1111 = -1

1111 1110 = -2

1111 1101 = -3



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Answer 2

You mean signed and unsigned binary numbers. In signed binary numbers, the first bit designates the sign of the value (where zero is positive and 1 is negative). So 00000011 is 3 and 10000011 is -3.

Answer 3

I think that you mean unsigned. This means that there are only positive numbers (no negative numbers).