noun
carry (in arithmetic or computing)
Technical term used in arithmetic and computing for the digit or bit carried over to the next column during addition.
2進数の加算では、桁上げが発生することがある。
In binary addition, a carry can occur.
このCPUは桁上げフラグを持っている。
This CPU has a carry flag.
More common in elementary arithmetic contexts; 桁上げ is primarily used in computing and digital logic.
Compound of 桁 (けた, 'digit, column') and 上げ (あげ, 'raising, carrying up'), literally 'digit raising'.