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Modular arithmetic

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'MOdular arithmetic (sometimes also called Modulo arithmetic) is a way of arithmetic calculation with integers. Numbers wrap around once they reach a certain value (called modulus).

A well-known example is the clock. Analog clocks go from 0 to 11, then they wrap, and again go from 0 to 11. This is an arithmetic modulo 12.