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two's complement, why the name "two"

i know unsigned,two's complement, ones' complement and sign magnitude, and the difference between these, but what i'm curious about is:

  1. why it's called two's(or ones') complement, so is there a more generalize N's complement?
  2. in which way did these genius deduce such a natural way to represent negative numbers?

Two's complement: why the name "two"?

I know unsigned, two's complement, ones' complement, sign magnitude, and the difference between these. But what I'm curious about is:

  1. Why is it called two's  (or ones') complement? Is there a more general N's complement?
  2. In which way did these geniuses deduce such a natural way to represent negative numbers?
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two's complement, why the name "two"

i know unsigned,two's complement, ones' complement and sign magnitude, and the difference between these, but what i'm curious about is:

  1. why it's called two's(or ones') complement, so is there a more generalize N's complement?
  2. in which way did these genius deduce such a natural way to represent negative numbers?