Computer Science: An Overview: Global Edition (12th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 1292061162
ISBN 13: 978-1-29206-116-0

Chapter 12 - Theory of Computation - Section 12.3 - Universal Programming Languages - Questions & Exercises - Page 551: 5

Answer

Just as in a real machine, negative numbers could be dealt with via a coding system.

Work Step by Step

Just as in a real machine, negative numbers could be dealt with via a coding system. For example, the rightmost bit in each string can be used as a sign but with the remaining bits used to represent the magnitude of the value.
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