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Arithmetic logic unit, an Uncommon card
In computing, an arithmetic logic unit is a combinational digital circuit that performs arithmetic and bitwise operations on integer binary numbers.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 58
- Power
- 126
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 94,000
Power 126 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Arithmetic logic unit quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Arithmetic logic unit card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
This is in contrast to a floating-point unit, which ______ on floating point numbers.
Answer
operates. This is in contrast to a floating-point unit, which operates on floating point numbers. From the Arithmetic logic unit article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Blood sugar level. Blood sugar level 74 · Brandenburg Concertos 71 · Arithmetic logic unit 68 · Birthday cake 64 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- This is in contrast to a floating-point unit, which operates on floating point numbers.
- It is a fundamental building block of many types of computing circuits, including the central processing unit of computers, FPUs, and graphics processing units.
- The inputs to an ALU are the data to be operated on, called operands, and a code indicating the operation to be performed, the ALU's output is the result of the performed operation.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Arithmetic logic unit article was read about 94,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 58: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Arithmetic logic unit (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Д.Ильин : vectorization, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
