Boolean Algebra and Digital Circuits

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Ones and Zeros

Understanding Boolean Algebra, Digital Circuits, and the Logic of sets
by John Gregg

Notes

Most significant bit

In computing, the most significant bit (MSB, also called the high-order bit) is the bit position in a binary number having the greatest value. The MSB is sometimes referred to as the left-most bit due to the convention in positional notation of writing more significant digits further to the left.

Most Significant bit first and Least significant bit first

The expressions Most Significant Bit First and Least Significant Bit First are indications on the ordering of the sequence of the bits in the bytes sent over a wire in a transmission protocol or in a stream (e.g. an audio stream).

Most Significant Bit First means that the most significant bit will arrive first: hence e.g. the hexadecimal number 0x12, 00010010 in binary representation, will arrive as the sequence 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .

Least Significant Bit First means that the least significant bit will arrive first: hence e.g. the same hexadecimal number 0x12, again 00010010 in binary representation, will arrive as the (reversed) sequence 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.

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• principle of assertion
• minterm
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