logical complement

English

Noun

logical complement (plural logical complements)

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

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

Synonyms

• ones' complement

Related terms

• complement
• numeric complement