The signess of the C type accepted by the C API (like uid_t, etc) is not always known. We need to accept values that fit in corresponding both signed and unsigned C types. Even if the type is unsigned ...

This chapter discusses arithmetic operations, which treat their operands as integers. It also discusses the number representation for signed and unsigned numbers, and arithmetic operations performed ...

The ordering of bytes differs between the "big endian" and "little endian" platforms. These colloquial terms are used to describe byte ordering for IBM mainframes (big endian) and for Intel-based ...

The ability to work with any programming language requires a good understanding of the data types it offers in order to comprehend the language’s possibilities and limitations. In this article, I look ...

Abstract: Modern FPGAs come now with a significant number of on-chip n-bit/spl times/n-bit multipliers, which would help designers to efficiently implement multiplication-intensive applications.

An IP address is a 32-bit unsigned integer. It’s usually written as four numbers separated by dots, as in: 212.227.196.186. This format is knows as the “dotted decimal notation”. Applications use ...