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tags: [binary, binary-encoding]
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# Signed and unsigned numbers
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## Summary
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- To represent negative integers in binary we use signed numbers._Signed binary_
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includes negative integers, _unsigned binary_ does not.
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- There are different methods of implementing the encoding of signed numbers.
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Two prominant approaches are **two's complement** and **signed magnitude
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representation**.
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## Related notes
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[[gktb#detail|two's complement ❯ Detail]]
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