16 results about "Bit-length" patented technology

Bit-length or bit width is the number of binary digits, called bits, necessary to represent an integer as a binary number. Formally, the number of bits of zero is 1 and any other natural number n>0 is a function, bitLength(n), of the binary logarithm of n: bitLength(n)=⌊log₂(n)+1⌋=⌈log₂(n+1)⌉ At their most fundamental level, digital computers and telecommunications devices (as opposed to analog devices) can process only data that has been expressed in binary format.