Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

logical complement

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.62 in modern English

Syllables: log-i-cal -com-ple-ment
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The number, obtained by complementing every bit of a given number, which produces all ones when exclusive ored with the given number.

Example Sentences

"The logical complement of 0xAAAA is 0x5555 on a 16-bit machine, and 0xFFFF5555 on a 32-bit machine."

Inflected Forms

logical complements (plural)

Phrases

numeric complement

Frequently Paired Words

complement numeric complement

Synonyms

ones' complement

Questions

What does logical complement mean?: The number, obtained by complementing every bit of a given number, which produces all ones when exclusive ored with the given number.

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