Binary Addition

• Adding two binary numbers

  1. Carry numbers when doing addition

  2. 0 + 0 = 0

  3. 1 + 0 = 1

  4. 1 + 1 = 0, carry 1

  5. If carrying 1 into 1 + 1, write 1 and carry 1
• Overflow occurs when the result exceeds the allocated memory space
• When there is an overflow


  The answer given is wrong
• Overflow error


  Occurs when the calculation result exceeds the allocated memory space
• Computers have a limited amount of memory allocated for calculations
• Overflow errors can occur in other parts of the course as well
• Processors may have a status register with flags to track overflow