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Arithmetic right shift is a division operation that effectively divides the number by
for each shift.
What happens if a logical left shift operation causes the most significant bit to be lost?
What does the term 'signed overflow' refer to in binary arithmetic?
What is underflow in binary addition?
Binary arithmetic
In an arithmetic left shift, the value of the number is effectively multiplied by
for each shift operation.
Arithmetic right shift is performed on signed numbers where the leftmost bit represents the
of the number.
Machine precision
During an arithmetic right shift, the sign bit is shifted to the right, but the other bits are filled with the original
of the sign bit.
What is the result of a logical left shift operation?
What is the purpose of an arithmetic left shift?
Overflow
Right shifts can be used to quickly divide an integer by 2 or a power of
, without having to actually perform a division operation.
Arithmetic shifts are commonly used in programming languages to perform multiplication and division by powers of
.
In binary shifting, what happens to the value of a binary number when it is shifted to the left by 1 bit?
Logical Shift
Arithmetic Shift
Which of the following can cause an overflow in binary addition?
What is overflow in binary addition?
What happens to the sign bit during an arithmetic right shift?
