17. The method of claim 1 , wherein said determining said relationship further comprises: determining signs of differences between corresponding portions of said first and second binary strings; weighting said signs of differences based, at least in part, on a significance of said corresponding portions of said first and second binary strings; and determining said relationship based, at least in part, on a sum of the weighted signs of differences.
17. The method of claim 1 , wherein said determining said relationship further comprises: determining signs of differences between corresponding portions of said first and second binary strings; weighting said signs of differences based, at least in part, on a significance of said corresponding portions of said first and second binary strings; and determining said relationship based, at least in part, on a sum of the weighted signs of differences. 19. The method of claim 17 , wherein said shifting bits in at least some of said registers further comprises shifting said bits by a number of bit positions based, at least in part, on a significance of differences represented in said registers.