Glossary of Terms

Negative Numbers in Binary

Keyword Definition
Binary Number A number represented using only two digits, 0 and 1.
Binary Representation The numeric representation of data in binary form.
Magnitude The absolute value of a number.
Negative Number A numerical value less than zero, represented using the binary numeral system.
Ones Complement A method of representing signed integers in binary, in which every bit is inverted.
Overflow The situation when the result of an arithmetic operation is too large to be represented in the available number of bits.
Sign And Magnitude A method of representing signed numbers using a sign bit and the magnitude of the number.
Sign Bit The leftmost bit in a binary number that represents the sign of the number.
Two'S Complement A method of representing negative numbers using binary numbers.