3.2 - Implications of Overflow in Arithmetic Operations
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What is the overflow flag?
💡 Hint: Think about when arithmetic results can't be correctly stored.
Define signed and unsigned arithmetic.
💡 Hint: Remember the sign representation!
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What happens when overflow occurs in signed arithmetic?
💡 Hint: Think about the role of the overflow flag.
True or False: In unsigned arithmetic, the carry flag is important, but the overflow flag can be ignored.
💡 Hint: Consider the properties of positive numbers.
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You have 7 and 9 as 4-bit signed numbers. What happens when you add them? Identify the flags and reason out any overflow.
💡 Hint: Consider how the number is represented in binary.
A program fails after computing large sums. Analyze how overflow could cause runtime issues in handling those sums.
💡 Hint: Think about the implications of running out of space.
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