C/C++ unsigned integer overflow

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It means the value “wraps around”.

UINT_MAX + 1 == 0
UINT_MAX + 2 == 1
UINT_MAX + 3 == 2

.. and so on

As the link says, this is like the modulo operator: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modulo_operation

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