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A 256-bit register can store 2<sup>256</sup> different values. The range of [[integer]] values that can be stored in 256 bits depends on the [[Integer (computer science)#Value%20and%20representation|integer representation]] used.
 
The maximum value of an unsigned 256-bit integer is 115,792,089,237,316,195,423,570,985,008,687,907,853,269,984,665,640,564,039,457,584,007,913,129,639,935 (i.e. 2<sup>256</sup> − 1).
 
==Uses==