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Working with Packed Decimal and Zoned Decimal Data
The last byte contains the number's sign as well as the last digit. Zoned decimal data produces a printable representation. Nibble specifies 1/2 of a byte. A packed decimal representation stores ...
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Chapter 3: Sign Magnitude and Floating Point Arithmetic
In a sign magnitude representation, the most significant digit (bit) is 0 for positive binary numbers and 1 for negative binary numbers. As we know, for large binary numbers it is more convenient to ...
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Working with Packed Decimal and Zoned Decimal Data
The last byte contains the number's sign as well as the last digit. Zoned decimal data produces a printable representation. Nibble specifies 1/2 of a byte. A packed decimal representation stores ...