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If you want to subtract a number, take the 2's complement and add it instead. To take the 2's complement, invert all the bits and add 1. For example, to do 5 (0101) minus 3 (0011), first compute -3 (1100 + 1 = 1101). Now add 5 + (-3):

  0101

+1101

=====

 10010

Throw away the carry out and you're left with 0010, or 2.

"K-map" is short for Karnaugh map. They're used in digital logic design to simplify expressions in boolean algebra. This makes for smaller, faster chips. The K-map is how you would design a digital circuit by hand, though in reality special software does the work for you.

Check out "The Cartoon Guide to the Computer" by Larry Gonick. It sounds silly, but you'll learn a lot of things quickly from it, and it's more interesting than an engineering textbook.

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How to do a subtraction in 2's complement?

I am doing my computer degree and i am of Arts backgound. I find it little difficult to understand Binary calculations. Can somebody expl. me How to do a subtraction in 2's complement, and if u have time then what is k maps?

2's Complement Subtraction

Two's complement subtraction is the binary addition of the minuend to the 2's complement of the subtrahend (adding a negative number is the same as subtracting a positive one).

For example,

7 - 12 = (-5)

...0000 0111 = +7

+ 1111 0100 = -12

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...1111 1011 = -5

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2s Complement Subtraction

if u have a scientific calculator,it will be easy for u..

go to binary mode, and u can just simply substract 2's compliment...