If integer needs two bytes of storage, then maximum value of an unsigned integer is

If integer needs two bytes of storage, then maximum value of an unsigned integer is Correct Answer 2<sup>16</sup> – 1

An integer is a number with no fractional part; it can be positive, negative or zero. In ordinary usage, one uses a minus sign to designate a negative integer. However, a computer can only store information in bits, which can only have the values zero or one. We might expect, therefore, that the storage of negative integers in a computer might require some special technique. As you might imagine, an unsigned integer is either positive or zero.Consider a single digit decimal number: In a single decimal digit, you can write a number between 0 and 9. In two decimal digits, you can write a number between 0 and 99, and so on.Since nine is equivalent to 101 - 1,99 is equivalent to 102 - 1, etc.In n decimal digits, you can write a number between 0 and 10n - 1.So, analogously, in the binary number system,An unsigned integer containing n bits can have a value between 0 and 2n - 1(which is 2n different values).

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