A full adder adds three bits, a half adder adds 1-1/2 bits.

More Questions from Arithmetic Operations and Circuits

• The operands in a subtraction operation are the subend and the minuend.
• The operands in an addition operation consist of the augend and the addend.
• The 2's complement of 1101102 is _________.
• A full adder adds ____.
• The carry propagation delay in 4-bit full-adder circuits ____________.
• All digital systems that perform arithmetic operations must indicate _______ and ________ for numbers.
• An input to the mode pin of an arithmetic-logic unit (ALU) determines if the function will be _________.
• In binary number systems the sign of a number is indicated by _________.
• Two 4-bit adders could be cascaded to form a(n) ___________.
• One advantage of using the 2's complement system to represent signed numbers is that you ___________.

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