Limitations of binary representation
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Fixed-width binary means a fixed range

Fixed-width binary means a fixed range

Comparison of 8-bit patterns, unsigned and signed ranges, and unsigned overflow with a lost carry bit

Computers store values in fixed-width binary, so a number gets only a set number of bit positions. With nnn bits there are 2n2^n2n different patterns, so a fixed number of bits can represent only a fixed number of values.

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