Given that quantities may be represented as bit patterns
within the computer, how may these patterns be manipulated to achieve
useful results? We look first at the "basic" operations of addition and
subtraction in the various binary number representations, extending
to addition of multiple-precision values and decimal addition. Then
we examine the logical operations, where the bits are "bits", with no
numerical significance. Operations here include AND, OR, NOT, XOR,
shifting of various types, bit-field operations and, finally, parity.
Keywords: Binary addition of signed values, subtraction by complement addition, multiple precision addition, decimal addition, logical
operations, shift operations, bit-field operations, parity.
