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ripple carry

ripple carry noun: the situation where a logic circuit uses multiple full adders to add n-bit numbers, with each full adder taking the output of the previous one as an input.

Noun

ripple carry (plural ripple carries)

  1. The situation where a logic circuit uses multiple full adders to add n-bit numbers, with each full adder taking the output of the previous one as an input.

Forms of ripple carry

pluralripple carries

Questions about ripple carry

What does ripple carry mean?
Ripple carry means the situation where a logic circuit uses multiple full adders to add n-bit numbers, with each full adder taking the output of the previous one as an input.
What part of speech is ripple carry?
Ripple carry is a noun.
What is the plural of ripple carry?
The plural of ripple carry is ripple carries.

Words near ripple carry in the dictionary

  1. rippings
  2. ripple
  3. ripple box
  4. ripple boxes
  5. ripple carries
  6. ripple carry
  7. ripple effect
  8. ripple effects
  9. ripple mark
  10. ripple marks
  11. ripple strip

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