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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.
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What is the difference between decimal and binary odometer?
ticking over and getting a new no. like do the clock or some type of speedometer...
What is the binary code used for?
binary code(computer science) A code in which each allowable position has one of two possible states, commonly 0 and 1; the binary number system is one of many binary codes.Source: http://www.answers.com/binary+code?cat=technology
How do you make binary to decimal converter in G W BASIC?
First of all we will talk about how binary number are converted back into decimal representation and later we will have program.Here is the formula of this transformation:Binary number: a3a2a1a0Decimal number a x 23 + a x 22 + a x 21 + a x 20Example:Binary: 1101Decimal: 1 x 23 + 1 x 22 + 0 x 21 + 1 x 20 = 8 + 4 + 0 + 1 = 13And here we have our program:#include #include #include int main() {char str[100];int ind;int sum = 0;printf("Please enter binary number: ");scanf("%s", str);for(ind = 0; ind < strlen(str); ind++) {sum += (str[ind] - 0x30) * pow(2, strlen(str) - ind - 1);}printf("Number in decimal would be %d\n", sum);return 0;}Testing:Please enter binary number: 1101Number in decimal would be 13Please enter binary number: 10000001Number in decimal would be 129Please enter binary number: 11111111Number in decimal would be 255Please enter binary number: 0Number in decimal would be 0
Are binary strings used in Java?
No if there was then java wouldn't have over 4 billion down loads
What are the advantages of a hovercraft?
The Advantages are that Hovercraft can fly, or more suitably, hover over water and land, can go over rough terrain and does not pollute as much as cars.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of binary code decimal?
Advantage of binary over decimal: information can be recorded and stored in any dichotomous variable: magnetised or not magnetised (most electronic media), pit or no pit (optoelectronic media CDs/DVDs). For decimal it would be necessary to store as 10 different levels of magnetisation or depths of pits. Not so easy to make such a system error-free. Advantage of decimal over binary: fewer "digits" required. Every ten binary digits (1024 values) can be replaced by just a shade more than three decimal digits (1000 values). So the number of digits to be stored is less than a third.
Why do people use decimal instead of binary?
We have ten fingers (including thumbs) and early counting is based on one-to-one mapping onto these digits. So one reason is simple familiarity. The other advantage of counting in decimals is that fewer digits are required: 4 decimal digits takes you to over a thousand, you would need 10 binary digits to go over 1024. It gets worse with larger numbers: 7 decimal digits to go over a million but 20 binary digit. I have phones with 11 digit numbers (without the international country code). In binary, that would be a 33-digit number. No thanks!
What happens to binary numbers over 255?
You simply use more binary digits.
What benefit does the binary digit have over decimal in ters of the internal operation of computer?
Binary is easier for the computer to understand. It is also easier to handle and is not costly.
Advantages of binary over decimal you?
The addition and multiplication table is much simpler. Also, on a computer it is easier to distinguish two different states than ten different states. For these reasons, modern computers do most of their calculations internally in binary.
What is barnotion?
The line over the digits that repeat in a repeating decimal.
What are the advantages of binary digit over decimal digits in computer operation?
It is relatively easy to code things in terms of on-and-off or magnetised-and-not (magnetic storage), or pit-or-no-pit (CDs). Coding in terms of 10 levels of magnetisation or ten depths of pits is much more difficiult and prone to error - both in writing and reading.
What is 75.25 percent as a decimal?
0.7525. All you have to do when turning a percent into a decimal is move over the decimal two digits to the left.
When 107 over 333 is written as a decimal how many digits are in the smallest sequence of repeating digits?
When 107 over 333 is expressed as a decimal, it becomes approximately 0.321321321..., which reveals a repeating sequence. The repeating part, "321," consists of three digits. Therefore, the smallest sequence of repeating digits has 3 digits.
In repeating decimals the line or bar placed over a repeating decimal?
It is placed over one length of repeating decimal digits.
What is 16 over 42 as a decimal?
0.380952380952The bolded digits repeat
How many known digits are in pi?
The decimal representation of pi, as of late 2011, is over 10 trillion (1013) digits.
