# What is meant by “carry Bit from Previous addition” in Full Adder?

A full adder is a combinational circuit that performs the arithmetic sum of three bits: A, B and a carry in, C, from a previous addition

Q) What is the meaning of this bold text? (i.e from a previous addition)

I know What is carry bit but when it comes to Full Adder I get confuse by this statement...

• You can cascade several 1 bit adders to make a multi-bit adder. Except for serial adders, where a 1 bit adder is coupled with shift registers and additions are calculated over many cycles, the "normal" case is that the carry-in input is connected to another adder. – TEMLIB Apr 16 '17 at 7:32
• @TEMLIB: I'm really new to this lesson and not familiar with the words either... can you explain this as simple as possible??? – JaanuB Apr 16 '17 at 8:19
• This is exactly how it works when we learned to add in grade school. 9+6 = 5 carry the 1, then the next column you add the 1 and the other two operands A+B plus the carry in from the prior column. You already knew how this worked... – old_timer Apr 16 '17 at 12:57
• @old_timer: Thank you very much... Now I can get it – JaanuB Apr 16 '17 at 15:02

For example if you want to add 2 numbers 2 bits each. $$AB+CD$$ First you preform B+D+0 (because you have no carry from a previous addition) and then you preform A+C+carry from a previous addition, i.e. from adding B+C. You do this the same way you do a long addition you did in school.