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==Maxint?==
 
==Maxint?==
Can someone explain what MAXINT is?
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Can someone explain what MAXINT is? {{unsigned|99.150.148.166}}
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:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAXINT#Value_and_representation
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:Basically, computers store numbers in memory. There are a finite number of possible values that can be stored in memory but an infinite number of numbers. If you add one to the largest possible integer that the computer can store, it will either become a huge negative number (signed int) or zero (unsigned int). If the turn counter exceeds 2 billion it will become MININT, the lowest values negative number, or −2,147,483,648. -- [[User:Qazmlpok|Qazmlpok]] 23:33, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

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Maxint?

Can someone explain what MAXINT is? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.150.148.166 (talkcontribs)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAXINT#Value_and_representation
Basically, computers store numbers in memory. There are a finite number of possible values that can be stored in memory but an infinite number of numbers. If you add one to the largest possible integer that the computer can store, it will either become a huge negative number (signed int) or zero (unsigned int). If the turn counter exceeds 2 billion it will become MININT, the lowest values negative number, or −2,147,483,648. -- Qazmlpok 23:33, 9 April 2012 (UTC)