= Offset binary
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Offset binary, also known as "biased binary" or "excess-N" representation, is a binary number encoding system that is primarily used to represent signed integers in a way that makes certain arithmetic operations simpler, particularly in digital electronics. In offset binary, a bias value is added to the actual value being represented to compute its binary equivalent. For example, in an n-bit offset binary system, the bias is typically \\( 2^\{(n - 1)\} \\).
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