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What is arithmetic overflow? How can it be detected?
What is arithmetic overflow? How can it be detected? [5]
Arithmetic overflow occurs when the result of an arithmetic operation on two n-bit binary numbers produces a result that requires more bits than the available n bits can hold. In other words, while adding two n-bit binary numbers, the result may be a number with n+1 bits -- this situation is call...