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2.
In the decimal numbering system, what is the MSD?
The middle digit of a stream of numbers
The digit to the right of the decimal point
The last digit on the right
The digit with the most weight
Answer: Option
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Jayanti said:   1 decade ago
We know that MSB is the most significant bit, it holds the leftmost bit value and it most weight.

Disha khare said:   1 decade ago
Ya it's because it is most significant digit (MSD) , so as it is use for weighting bits length.

Deepak Kumar said:   1 decade ago
MSD means most significant digit. But in binary system it is the last bit present in left.

Mohan said:   1 decade ago
MSB is nothing but most significant bit.

EX: 11000.

'1' is the msb.

'0' is the lsb.

Ramakrishna said:   1 decade ago
Yes, MSD means most significant digit, in the way of MSB most significant bit.

Suthakaran said:   1 decade ago
MSD means Most significant digit so its used to describe weight of digits.

Chandru said:   1 decade ago
MSB is most significant digit, so most significant value bit or weight.

CT.Shanmugaraj said:   1 decade ago
MSB mean MOST SIGNIFICANT BIT in the way MSD is MOST SIGNIFICANT DIGIT

Aswini said:   1 decade ago
Right said, MSB means most significant digit which is in the left.

Varma said:   1 decade ago
MSD means MOST SIGNIFICANT DIGIT right or is there abbrevation


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