Computers are better able to deal with information that is stored in a binary form - for example on-or-off, magnetized-or-not, pit-or-no pit (optical), rather than a range of voltages to signify the ten digits 0-9 of decimal. Similarly, processing binary information is simpler for machines.
Just like humans who communicate by verbal languages, computers communicate by numbers because these computers cannot understand verbal languages. Why computers cannot understand verbal languages? All the devices in a computer system operate with two voltage levels, high or low. Therefore, there are two states of these computer circuits, high or low or in other words logic 1 or 0. The basic level of information handling or communication is done in the above mentioned two possible states. Therefore, the basic numbering system for computers is binary or the one which has two states for each "bit" or basic information path.
So, the number system is important as the number system has to coincide with the computer system operation. There are other number systems that are in use at higher levels and are nibble (4-bits), octal (8-bits), decimal (10-bits) and hexadecimal (16-bits).
The numbers used in the binary number system are 1 and 0
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To ensure they are read as binary numbers and not decimal numbers.
Just as in decimal, you can put a minus sign in front. For example, if 101 (binary) is decimal 5, then -101 (binary) is decimal -5.
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What is called the Binary number system. on and off is a binary state.
Computers are based on a binary number system.
No, they use the binary system
Binary number system ,which has only two digits 0 and 1.
=THE BINARY SYSTEM IS USED IN THE ELECTRICAL COMPUTERS.=
They are the best numbers for computers to use. In simple terms, as computers are electronic they use electronic currents, which can be on or off, like a light switch. 1 and 0, which are the only digits binary has, can be used to represent these two states. Binary forms the basis to all computer memory and operations.
Computers use a binary system, not decimal.
-There is a speculation of the fact that Humans use base 10 system is because they have 10 fingers. But there is no speculation behind the fact that the computers use binary system. The binary system is used in computers, because 1 and zero represent the two voltage levels of on and off. There are 10 digits in Decimal system: 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 There are only 2 digits in Binary system: 0,1 (Binary digits are referred as bits) moaiz123@gmail.com
The binary number for the decimal 134 is calculated as 128+4+2=10000110. The binary number system is used internally on almost all computers and computer based devices like cell phones.
Binary numbers belong to Binary number system. Binary System consists of only 2 digits (known as bits) 0 & 1. Any no. from decimal number system can be converted to binary number system. Binary numbers are widely used in design of various digital gadgets & computers. Following are some decimal no.s converted into binary numbers. Decimal number Binary number 0 0 1 1 2 10 3 11 4 100 5 101 6 110
It will be asumed that you are refering to the binary number system, which is used in computers and digital devices. A binary number is always either 0 or 1. This is also commonly refered to as "low" or "high". This is in contrast to the decimal number system, where the numbers can vary between 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 or 9.
Binary System