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Binary Division

Restoring division: shift, subtract the divisor, and restore when it goes negative.

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Quotient
Remainder
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A (remainder)
Q (quotient)
M (divisor)
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Binary division works like the long division you learned in school, but in base 2. Restoring division repeats a simple loop: shift the running remainder left to bring in the next bit, subtract the divisor, and — if that subtraction goes negative — undo it by adding the divisor back. Each round produces one quotient bit, and after working through all the bits you are left with the quotient and the final remainder.
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Restoring division shifts the remainder left, subtracts the divisor, and if the result went negative restores it (adds the divisor back) and records a 0 quotient bit, else a 1. After n steps Q is the quotient and A the remainder.
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