fulladder
nounUK /fʊl ˈædə/
US /fʊl ˈædər/
A full adder is a tiny computer part that adds three bits together and gives a sum and a carry.
The students connected two full adders to build a circuit that adds two-bit numbers.
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2. A logic circuit that adds two operand bits plus an incoming carry bit.
Each full adder in the chain passes its carry to the next stage.
3. A building block used in arithmetic logic units of processors.
The ALU uses full adders to perform integer addition.
4. A teaching example in digital electronics for combining XOR, AND, and OR gates.
The lab manual explains how a full adder is built from two half adders.