How many flip-flops, in a shift register, would be required to hold an initial count of 16?
To determine the number of flip-flops required to hold an initial count of 16 in a shift register, we need to consider the binary representation of the number 16.
In binary, the number 16 is represented as 10000 (1 × 2^4). Each digit in a binary representation is called a bit, and each bit can be stored in a flip-flop.
Since the binary representation of 16 has a total of 5 bits (from left to right - 1, 0, 0, 0, 0), we would need 5 flip-flops to store this initial count.
Therefore, the answer is that 5 flip-flops would be required to hold an initial count of 16 in a shift register.