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Shift Left
Machine precision
What is overflow in binary addition?
Binary underflow occurs when the result of a calculation is too small to be represented in the allocated
.
Logical Shift
Right shifts can be used to quickly divide an integer by 2 or a power of
, without having to actually perform a division operation.
Binary Shifts
The arithmetic shift operations in computers are more efficient than the equivalent division or multiplication operations for powers of
.
Which bitwise operator is used for left shift operations?
What happens to the sign bit during an arithmetic right shift?
What is underflow in binary addition?
Overflow
What is the purpose of an arithmetic left shift?
Carry Bit
What is the result of a logical left shift operation?
What happens when an arithmetic left shift causes an overflow?
In an arithmetic left shift, the value of the number is effectively multiplied by
for each shift operation.
An overflow error occurs when the result of a calculation is too large to be represented in the allocated
.
What happens when a left shift operation causes overflow?
Binary arithmetic
