Please explain output of ~a

#1

I randomly tried ~7 and the output was -8. Kindly explain.

#2

The result of ~ operator on a small number can be a big number if the result is stored in an unsigned variable. And result may be negative number if result is stored in signed variable (assuming that the negative numbers are stored in 2’s complement form where leftmost bit is the sign bit)

#3

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