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Twos complement: Negative numbers in binary

How can we represent negative numbers in binary? There are several ways. This video compares using a sign bit, ones complement, and twos complement. Twos complement is the most commonly technique because it's relatively easy to implement in hardware and it makes addition and subtraction with negative numbers easy. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beneater

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  • Originally Aired June 20, 2016
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