modular arithmetic
modular arithmetic
nounDefinition of MODULAR ARITHMETIC
: arithmetic that deals with whole numbers where the numbers are replaced by their remainders after division by a fixed number <in a modular arithmetic with modulus 5, 3 multiplied by 4 is 2>
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1959
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