up-down counter

Definitions

Computing

  • noun
    (written as up/down counter)
    an electronic counter which can increment or decrement a counter with each input pulse

Electronics

  • A counter which can count both upwards and downwards. It has, for instance, both an adding input and a subtracting input, thus giving it the ability to count in both directions. Also called forward-backward counter, or bi-directional counter.
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