one-cold
nounEtymology From one + cold.
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Business, Computer, Computing, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Electronics, Energy, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics, Science, Sciences A set of bits with only a single low (0) bit, with the remaining bits high (1).
- One-cold encoding has the same advantages and disadvantages as one-hot. The difference is that the active bit is logic zero rather than logic one. One-cold encoding is most useful for systems that have active-low enable signals.2015, Ronald W. Mehler, Digital Integrated Circuit Design Using Verilog and Systemverilog, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 410: