"ripple carry" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ripple carries [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|ripple carries}} ripple carry (plural ripple carries)
  1. (computing theory) The situation where a logic circuit uses multiple full adders to add n-bit numbers, with each full adder taking the output of the previous one as an input. Wikipedia link: Adder_(electronics)#Ripple-carry_adder Categories (topical): Theory of computing

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