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∙ 2007-05-29 11:40:16hexadecimal can express 16 bit binary in 4 place form, not 16.
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∙ 2007-05-29 11:40:16It's a counting system for computers that is easier for people to use than binary (the machine level code for the computer.) 0xFF is easier to deal with than 11111111.
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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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The decimal, binary, hexadecimal, and roman numeral systems are fairly well known.
Hexadecimal numbers are primarily utilised in computing by computer system designers, software engineers, and programmers as a handy representation of the underlying binary systems. People in such jobs are more likely to require a hex calculator or hex converter.
A computer only understand binary, which is 0 as "off" and 1 as "on."
It's a counting system for computers that is easier for people to use than binary (the machine level code for the computer.) 0xFF is easier to deal with than 11111111.
It is a joke about binary numbers. Binary 10 (read as "one zero") is decimal 2. So the joke reads: "There are only 2 kinds of people in the world: Those that know binary and those that don't."
There are 10 kinds of people: those who understand binary numbers, and those who don't.
geeky math people who have no lives other than to use numbers for words
0 and 1. There are only 10 types of people. Those that understand binary and those that do not! If you do not understand that sentence you do not understand binary.
Binary Bi means two 1 and 0 thers your two numbers don't forget zero is counted ; If you put 3 binary numbers together you get Octal (for eight) 111 the right most one is for one the middle is 2 the left is 4 so 111 = 7 highest number in octal , now move up to what most people think of in computers is Hexadecimal 1111 or groups of 4 binary starting from the right ,1,2,4 then 8 so 1111= 15 or F ; 10(a) thru 15(F) are represented by letters FF=255 pretty cool !! in binary you double the number each time 1,2,4,8,16,32.64.128,256,512,1024,2048,4096 now you know why ram comes in these sizes....... its binary baby!!
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I think people use the decimal system because we have 10 fingers and it's more intuitive that way. Computers use octal or hex because the base is a power of 2 (8=2^3, 16=2^4), and the computers work in binary, 0 or 1, 2 values.
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