noun
In computing and arithmetic, the digit or bit that is carried over to the next column when the sum exceeds the base.
二進数の加算で桁上りが発生した。
A carry occurred in the binary addition.
この回路は桁上りを処理する。
This circuit handles the carry.
More general term for 'carry' in arithmetic, often used in elementary math. 桁上り is more technical and common in computing.
Compound of 桁 (keta, 'digit, column') and 上がり (agari, 'rising, going up'), referring to the digit moving to the next column.