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What is the 1 that is carried called?

These are all Latin, would this make sense?

The Latin word for "carry" is "porto", would it be called Porto?

Just guessing here

Example:

  123  <-- Augend or Addend  +  9  <-- Addend ______      1   <-- What is this called?   123  +  9 ______     2     123  +  9 ______   132  <-- Sum 
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    Carriend? I don't recall that having a name.2012-06-02
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    @PeterTamaroff I like the thought process with that answer! Was thinking Addend maybe?2012-06-02
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    I have seen it called "the carry."2012-06-02

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They are referred to as carries in http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Carry.html.

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    Thanks! I think this is what I'm looking for but will keep it open for a little longer +12012-06-05
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    [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry_(arithmetic))2012-06-09
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In compsci, when we add binary numbers, we call this the "carry bit."