Editor's Note: This is the first article in a two-part series on decimal representations and decimal arithmetic in general, and on Binary Coded Decimal (BCD) in particular. In this first installment, ...

Here's a C/C++ program that converts decimal numbers ranging from 0 to 99,999 to binary and BCD formats. Using a simple algorithm in conjunction with pointer arithmetic and bitwise shifting increases ...

is numeric data that is stored in binary form. Binary numbers have a base of two and are represented with the digits 0 and 1. are binary decimal numbers that are encoded by using each byte to ...

When anyone is first introduced to the topic of digital computers, they are almost invariably told that these machines are based on binary (base-2) logic and the binary number system, where “binary” ...

Excel 2007 has troubles with multiplication when the result is 65,535--a number familiar to those who've dealt with binary numbers. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

Now is an amazing time to be involved in the hobby electronics scene. There are robots to build, cheap microcontrollers which are easy to program, and computers themselves are able to be found for ...