| Basicaly, binary is a number system which has two values, on or off. Decimal (which we use) has 10 --0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9. In this page, I will use 1 for on and 0 for off. Binary works by giveing each place the next power of two, starting on the right and moving left. For instance, in BxABC(I'll be using Bxnumber to indicate binary) the C has a value of 2^0(1), the B has a value of 2^1(2), and the A has a value of 2^2(4). So the nuber Bx110 has 2^2, 2^1 , but no 2^0, adding that up I get 6. This system make counting on your hands much more practical by allowing you to count to 31 on one hand (no pun) and more than a thousend with both. |
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Should probly explian better how computer stor numbers.