When trying to store short integer values above 32,767 in C, just to see what happens, I notice the result that gets printed to the screen is the number I am trying to store, - 65,536. E.g. if i try to store 65,536 in a short variable, the number which is printed to the screen is 0. If I try to store 32,768 I get -32,768 printed to the screen. And if I try to store 65,546 and print it to the screen I get 10. I think you get the picture. Why am I seeing these results?
Integer values are stored using Twos Complement. In twos complement, the range of possible values is -2^n to 2^n-1, where n is the number of bits used for storage. Because of the way the storage is done, when you go above 2^n-1, you end up wrapping around back to 2^n.
Shorts use 16 bits (15 bits for numeric storage, with the final bit being the sign).
EDIT: Keep in mind that this behavior is NOT guaranteed to occur. Programming languages may act completely differently. Technically, going above or below the max/min value is undefined behavior and it should be treated as such. (Thanks to Eric Postpischil for keeping me on my toes)