In the computer, all data are represented as binary digits (bits), and eight binary digits make up one byte. For example, the upper case letter A is 0101001. Numbers however can take several forms.

The Babylonians used separate combinations of two symbols to represent every single number from 1 to 59. That sounds pretty confusing, doesn’t it? Our decimal system seems simple by comparison, with ...

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Binary codes are codes which are characterized in binary system with alteration from the original ones. The two types of binary codes are the Weighted Binary Systems and Non Weighted Codes. Weighted ...

The following table shows the decimal values of binary numbers. Just as the largest value in a decimal number is all 9's, the largest value in a group of binary digits is all 1's. A decimal digit ...

Binary arithmetic, the basis of all virtually digital computation today, is usually said to have been invented at the start of the eighteenth century by the German mathematician Gottfried Leibniz. But ...

It’s almost time to celebrate George Boole’s 200th birthday. Or maybe we should call it Birthday No. 11001000. You might have a hard time converting that binary number to decimal in your head. But it ...

A binary code is the language of computers and digital systems. It uses a two-symbol system (0 and 1) to represent text, instruction, or other data. However, humans can’t understand binary code by ...