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A fixed number of bits has a limit - Paper 2

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Unsigned 8-bit wraparound model: add 255 and 1. Stored values range from 0 to 2^8-1. The system keeps the lowest 8 bits and reports overflow if the exact sum exceeds that range. This is an explicit model; other systems may reject overflow instead.

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