Difference between revisions of "NOT (binary)"

Revision as of 21:23, 16 November 2012

To NOT a value is to get the inverse of that number, or the complement; thus, any bits set to TRUE will become FALSE, and vice versa. If you applied a NOT operation to the following number:

    %10110100

You would get:

    %01001011

The resulting number is essentially the inverse of the number. Also take note that you can get the same result by applying an XOR operation to a number, using a number of the same length will all bits set to TRUE. If you applied the XOR operation to the following two numbers:

    %10110100
    %11111111

You would get the complement of the first.

See Also

• Binary logic