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subtrahend

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The sum or number to be subtracted, or taken from another.

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Since there was no subtraction instruction, only the twos-complement add (TAD), computing the difference of two operands required first negating the subtrahend. Source: Internet

In 1678, the publication of Caspar Questel's De pulvinari morientibus non subtrahend, ("On the pillow of which the dying should not be deprived"), initiated debate on the topic. Source: Internet

Subtraction finds the difference between two numbers, the minuend minus the subtrahend. Source: Internet

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