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[[Media:Binary conversion.pdf | Click here to test yourself]]
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== Why is this so important? ==
If we can represent numbers as '''1 and 0''', why not represent numbers as '''on and off'''? If we can represent letters as numbers (A = 65, B = 66) couldn't we also say A = 
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Revision as of 14:32, 15 April 2016

This is a basic concept in computer science

Binary

This is one of the better videos I've seen on binary.


Binary Translation table

128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1

Do you understand binary?

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Why is this so important?

If we can represent numbers as 1 and 0, why not represent numbers as on and off? If we can represent letters as numbers (A = 65, B = 66) couldn't we also say A =