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BlakeBinary is well suited for computers because it only needs two symbols to represent numbers a 1 and a 0. In a computer a circuit can be in 2 states on and off hence in the simplest implementation"on" represents a 1 and "off" a 0.
Although it has been argued that 3 states would be the best number system for computers,, we still have to use a binary system, because we don't have the hardware necessary to work with a 3-states. All our digital electronics are binary since it is easy to represent two states. There is talk of 4 state quantum computers in which 'qubits' would be used.
Computers work with discontinous data i.e. data is not flowing continuously. Binary code (0=off, 1=on) expresses numerical or alphanumeric data that can be read, written, edited, and stored.
Modern computers use more complex digital forms, such as hexadecimal code, rather than simple binary, but it has the same binary basis.
Computer designers use binary format to represent information. When we speak of code, we are usually talking about the instructions in the programs themselves.
In an electronic computer, information has to be stored electronically. This is done by using transistor switches that can be thrown electronically to a desired position, on or off, and read later. Each piece of information stored this way is a binary digit, and the values that can be assigned to it are 0 or 1, represented by the switch being off or on. This binary digit is called a bit.
The digits can be combined into binary values of any length, but the commonly used length is eight bits, which is a byte. When information is stored in computer memory, it is usually in bytes or groups of bytes, with the individual bytes having address that can be accessed by numerical value.
The bits are usually represented using hexadecimal format, which is easily translated from binary and much easier for most human beings to handle. The numerals for this are 0 through 9 plus A through F, making 16 values. For people accustomed to decimal, this seems very cumbersome. But trying to work with computers in decimal at the level of the instructions themselves is sufficiently difficult that most experienced people don't try.
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What is the binary code for 53?
Divide 54 by 2. Use the integer quotient obtained in this step as the dividend for the next step. Repeat the process until the quotient becomes 0. So we get answer 110110
What is the advantages of binary digits over the decimal?
Computers do not understand decimal notation. All information (both instructions and data) must be converted to a binary representation before the machine can understand it. We use the symbols 0 and 1 (binary notation) but the machine has a variety of physical representations it can use to encode binary data, including transistors, flux transitions, on/off switches and so on.
What does Binary code use to create a type of Morse code that the computer understands?
Binary code is the native language of the machine; no translation is necessary. However, the binary encoded data may be abstract, high-level instruction code (program source code) that must be compiled or interpreted in order to produce the required machine code the computer understands. A software program is used to perform this translation; each programming language provides its own compiler and/or interpreter specific to each machine type and operating system (the platform).
What type of binary coding does Xusenet use?
Uuencode is the oldest code that xusenet uses to program it's binary coding and is considered a reliable source of coding by many of its many international computer users.
In what way does binary resemble a language?
Our computers are digital computers as opposed to analog computers. Digital computers process data and instructions made up of words or bytes which are composed of a number of bits. Normally 8 bits make a byte, either 2 bytes (16 bits) or 4 bytes (32 bits) make a computer instruction or a data word. It all depends on the computer design. The smallest piece of information (part of an instruction or data) is the bit. A bit represents something that can have two values. We call them "0" and "1". Because it can only have two values, we refer to the computer as a binary computer and its machine language as a binary language.
