Visit: ginti.isitayush.dev
A simple way to understand the number system. This project is a fun implementation of most commonly used number systems in information theory. I made this project with the goal to provide an easier visualization of the underlying number systems. ginti. includes,
- Binary | Base: 2 | Usage: Most commonly used in computer science to represent any information. | Range: 0-1
- Octal | Base: 8 | Usage: This is used in Unix file permissions. | Range: 0-7
- Decimal | Base: 10 | Usage: Most commonly used number system. | Range: 0-9
- Hexadecimal | Base: 16 | Usage: Used in web development to represent colors. | Range: 0-9, A-F
Yeah! It's just counting in different bases. A base is the total number of values a digit can have. For example, in decimal, each digit can have 10 values (0-9), so the base is 10. In binary, each digit can have 2 values (0-1), so the base is 2.
The best real life analogy to understand number systems is to think of a 4-digit padlock. The lock has a fixed number of digits (4) but each digit can be anything from 0-9. The number system is the same, but the number of digits and the number of values each digit can have changes.
This project visuliazes this very concept.
Just visit the app and play around!
It's MIT. Do whatever you want with it. If you like it, give me a shoutout on Twitter @is_it_ayush. Here's the license in case you still want to read it.