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    Binary is a base-2 number system that represents numbers using only 1s and 0s. It was invented in the 17th century and became widely used when computers needed a way to represent numbers using mechanical switches that could be on or off. Modern computers still use binary code in the form of 1s and 0s inside components like the CPU and RAM. Binary numbers consist of a series of eight bits that together form a byte. Binary numbers can represent decimal numbers and be translated into ASCII codes to store text characters in computer memory.

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    Binary is a base-2 number system that represents numbers using only 1s and 0s. It was invented in the 17th century and became widely used when computers needed a way to represent numbers using mechanical switches that could be on or off. Modern computers still use binary code in the form of 1s and 0s inside components like the CPU and RAM. Binary numbers consist of a series of eight bits that together form a byte. Binary numbers can represent decimal numbers and be translated into ASCII codes to store text characters in computer memory.

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    Binary is a base-2 number system that represents numbers using only 1s and 0s. It was invented in the 17th century and became widely used when computers needed a way to represent numbers using mechanical switches that could be on or off. Modern computers still use binary code in the form of 1s and 0s inside components like the CPU and RAM. Binary numbers consist of a series of eight bits that together form a byte. Binary numbers can represent decimal numbers and be translated into ASCII codes to store text characters in computer memory.

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    Binary is a base-2 number system that represents numbers using only 1s and 0s. It was invented in the 17th century and became widely used when computers needed a way to represent numbers using mechanical switches that could be on or off. Modern computers still use binary code in the form of 1s and 0s inside components like the CPU and RAM. Binary numbers consist of a series of eight bits that together form a byte. Binary numbers can represent decimal numbers and be translated into ASCII codes to store text characters in computer memory.

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    What Is Binary and How Does It Work?

    Learn about the binary number system

    Binary is a system of representing numbers using a pattern of ones and zeroes.


    First invented by Gottfried Leibniz in the 17th century, the binary number system
    became widely used once computers required a way to represent numbers using
    mechanical switches.

    What Is Binary Code?


    Early computer systems had mechanical switches that turned on to represent 1, and
    turned off to represent 0. By using switches in series, computers could represent
    numbers using binary code. Modern computers still use binary code in the form of
    digital ones and zeroes inside the CPU and RAM.

    A digital one or zero is simply an electrical signal that's either turned on or


    turned off inside of a hardware device like a CPU, which can hold and calculate
    many millions of binary numbers.

    Binary numbers consist of a series of eight "bits," which are known as a "byte." A
    bit is a single one or zero that makes up the 8 bit binary number. Using ASCII
    codes, binary numbers can also be translated into text characters for storing
    information in computer memory.

    How Binary Numbers Work


    Converting a binary number into a decimal number is very simple when you consider
    that computers use a base 2 binary system. The placement of each binary digit
    determines its decimal value. For an 8-bit binary number, the values are calculated
    as follows:

    Bit 1: 2 to the power of 0 = 1


    Bit 2: 2 to the power of 1 = 2
    Bit 3: 2 to the power of 2 = 4
    Bit 4: 2 to the power of 3 = 8
    Bit 5: 2 to the power of 4 = 16
    Bit 6: 2 to the power of 5 = 32
    Bit 7: 2 to the power of 6 = 64
    Bit 8: 2 to the power of 7 = 128
    By adding together individual values where the bit has a one, you can represent any
    decimal number from 0 to 255. Much larger numbers can be represented by adding more
    bits to the system.

    When computers had 16-bit operating systems, the largest individual number the CPU
    could calculate was 65,535. 32-bit operating systems could work with individual
    decimal numbers as large as 2,147,483,647. Modern computer systems with 64-bit
    architecture have the ability to work with decimal numbers that are impressively
    large, up to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807!

    Representing Information With ASCII


    Now that you understand how a computer can use the binary number system to work
    with decimal numbers, you may wonder how computers use it to store text
    information.

    This is accomplished thanks to something called ASCII code.

    The ASCII table consists of 128 text or special characters that each have an
    associated decimal value. All ASCII-capable applications (like word processors) can
    read or store text information to and from computer memory.

    Some examples of binary numbers converted to ASCII text include:

    11011 = 27, which is the ESC key in ASCII


    110000 = 48, which is 0 in ASCII
    1000001 = 65, which is A in ASCII
    1111111 = 127, which is the DEL key in ASCII
    While base 2 binary code is used by computers for text information, other forms of
    binary math are used for other data types. For example, base64 is used for
    transferring and storing media like images or video.

    Binary Code and Storing Information


    All of the documents you write, web pages you view, and even the video games you
    play are all made possible thanks to the binary number system.

    Binary code allows computers to manipulate and store all types of information to
    and from computer memory. Everything computerized, even the computers inside your
    car or your mobile phone, make use of the binary number system for everything you
    use it for.

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