binary adder
nounUK /ˈbaɪ.nə.ri ˈæd.ər/
US /ˈbaɪ.nɛr.i ˈæd.ɚ/
A binary adder is a machine or circuit that adds two numbers made of only 0s and 1s.
The computer uses a binary adder to add the two binary numbers together.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A half adder, a simple circuit that adds two single binary digits and outputs a sum and a carry.
The half adder produced a sum of 0 and a carry of 1.
3. A full adder, a circuit that adds three binary inputs including a carry-in bit.
Engineers chained full adders to add larger binary numbers.
4. A ripple-carry adder, a chain of full adders that passes the carry from one stage to the next.
The ripple-carry adder was slow because each carry had to travel through every stage.