The greatest negative number which can be stored in a computer that has 8-bit word length and use 2's complement arithmetic is _____.

The greatest negative number which can be stored in a computer that has 8-bit word length and use 2's complement arithmetic is _____.

  1. a) -256
  2. b) -127
  3. c) -255
  4. d) -128

From the BB Assistant Maintenance Engineer February 2023 – Written (BIBM) exam, question 9 of 38.

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