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STANDING-ON-NINES CARRY [1 record]

Record 1 2019-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Mathematics
  • Information Theory
DEF

In the parallel addition of numbers represented by decimal numerals, a procedure in which a carry to a given digit place is bypassed to the next digit place if the current sum in the given digit place is 9, and the 9 is changed to 0.

OBS

standing-on-nines carry: term standardized by CSA and ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques informatiques
  • Théorie de l'information
DEF

En addition parallèle de nombres représentés par des numéraux décimaux, mode de traitement selon lequel, si la somme partielle à un rang donné est égale à 9, le chiffre de ce rang est remplacé par 0 et la retenue arrivant sur ce rang est renvoyée au rang suivant.

OBS

report bloqué à neuf : terme normalisé par la CSA et l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Matemáticas para computación
  • Teoría de la información
DEF

En la suma en paralelo de los números representados por cantidades decimales, es un procedimiento en el cual un acarreo a un determinado lugar decimal, se pasa al siguiente lugar decimal si la suma actual es 9 en el lugar decimal dado, entonces se cambia el 9 por un 0.

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