Zeroextends
Zeroextends is a term used in computer programming, particularly in the context of low-level languages and compiler design. It refers to an operation that takes a value with a smaller data type and converts it to a larger data type by filling the new, more significant bits with zeros. This is in contrast to sign extension, where the most significant bit of the original value is replicated to fill the new bits, preserving the sign of the number.
For example, if you have an 8-bit signed integer with a value of 5, and you perform
Zero extension is commonly used when performing arithmetic operations between operands of different sizes, or when