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Understanding Binary and Data Units

Binary is a base-2 number system using only 1s and 0s to represent digital data as bits and bytes. Denary is a base-10 number system using the digits 0-9. Hexadecimal uses base-16 with values 0-9 and letters A-F. The document provides examples of converting between binary, denary, and hexadecimal number systems. It also discusses how ASCII represents text for easy transfer of data between computers.

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Understanding Binary and Data Units

Binary is a base-2 number system using only 1s and 0s to represent digital data as bits and bytes. Denary is a base-10 number system using the digits 0-9. Hexadecimal uses base-16 with values 0-9 and letters A-F. The document provides examples of converting between binary, denary, and hexadecimal number systems. It also discusses how ASCII represents text for easy transfer of data between computers.

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Binary and conversions

Data – Raw material, words/numbers without a meaning or purpose

Information – the raw data is used and put into some context

Knowledge – Is the understanding taken from the information gathered

Binary/ denary/ hexadecimal

Binary - It is a 'base-2' number system - This type of number will only have two
digits, a 1 or 0 and is used to represent the two states (ON, OFF) of a computer
whilst processing data. The digital data that is known as bits and bytes can also
be represented as a binary number.

128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1

Bit - (This is a single binary digit), each bit is represented as a 1 or 0 and is the
smallest unit of data that can be stored.

Byte - A byte contains 8 bits, e.g. 10000101. A single character on the keyboard
is equivalent to one byte.

Denary – It is a ‘base-10’ number system. This has the number digits


0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 9 and is used by humans.

1000-103 100-102 10-101 10-100


4 thousand 3 hundred 7 seventy 5

Hexadecimal – Is a ‘base-16’ number system. There are 16 values; the


decimal numbers from 10 to 15 are represented with the letters A to F.
Converting Binary to Denary

Binary 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 Denary equivalent

1011010 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 128+32+16+4+1=18
1 1

0010111 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 32+8+4+2+1=47
1

1100101 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 128+64+8+2+1=263
1

0001001 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 16+2+1=19
1

Converting Denary to Binary

Numbe 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 Binary


r equivalen
t
115 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 01110011
255 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11111111
59 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 00111011
131 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10000011

Representing Text
To make the passing of data from one computer to another easy, a standard
form of representing characters was adopted by computer manufacturers. The
American Code for Information Interchange (ASCII).

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