Number System

NUMBER SYSTEM

In computers and other digital devices, every information store in binary number format (1110010, 1000011), so binary number system is key to store everything in the digital devices but there are also other number formats available, which are described below.

DECIMAL NUMBER SYSTEM

Radix/Base: 10

Range: 0 – 9

Examples: (6, 23, 564, 1034)


BINARY NUMBER SYSTEM

Radix/Base: 2

Range: 0 - 1

Examples: (11001, 1000111)

OCTAL NUMBER SYSTEM

Radix or base: 8

Range: 0 – 7
Examples: (23, 345, 6772)


HEXADECIMAL NUMBERS

Radix or base: 16

Range: 0 - 9

Examples: (A11, 11F3)

HEXADECIMAL CODE REPRESENTATION

A = 10

B = 11

C = 12

D = 13

E = 14

F = 15

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