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The basic building blocks of the arithmetic unit in a digital computers are ____________(a) Subtractors(b) Adders(c) Multiplexer(d) ComparatorThis question was posed to me in an interview.Asked question is from Procedure for the Design of Combinational Circuits in portion Arithmetic Circuits of Digital Circuits

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Correct option is (b) ADDERS

Explanation: The basic building blocks of the arithmetic UNIT in a digital computers are adders. Since, a parallel adder is constructed with a number of full-adder circuits connected in cascade. By CONTROLLING the data inputs to the parallel adder, it is POSSIBLE to obtain different types of arithmetic OPERATIONS.



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