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# lec3
> Conceptual things
Until the technical lectures really start, I'll be feeding in a few technical things here and there for the sake of getting used to them.
## One's & Two's Complement
_Previous lecture went over signedness of numbers so this section won't as much_.
One's complement in xor(just flip)
> xor 0xFF, target
First we'll deal with flipping bits: this is where you may hear the term _1's complement_.
While not very useful on it's own for most purposes it does help get closer to creating a seperation between _positive_ and _negative_ numbers.
The only other step after flipping all the bits is just adding 1.
`1001 1110` becomes `0110 0010`.
> shouldn't that last 2 bits be 01?
Close, the reason why we have `b10` is because if we: `b01 + b1` the `1` will carry over to the next bit.
The actual term for this is just __negate__; the other way around is essentially cannon fodder.
>Ok, but what does that look like _assembly_ the thing I came here to learn.
Most assemblers accept something like `neg targetValue` however you can also use an _exclusive or_[`xor targetValue, 0xFF`]. Keep in mind that the immediate value should be sign-extended to reflect the proper targetValue size.
Two's complement proccess:
1. Flips bits
2. Add 1
The actual term for this is just __negate__; the other way around is essentially cannon fodder.
## Sign Flag
Set whenever we produce (any) number where the leading bit is set(1).
Regardless if we're dealing with signed or unsigned data.

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# lec4
_this page to be updated late since i just got lazy this time_
Topics to cover:
* add/sub
* intro to overflows
* intro to carries
* translating this to some 64 bit add/sub instructions and becoming more familiar with the flags register
* eflags won't be covered indepth yet but merely mentioned for sake of preparative clarity