Conversion from decimal number to binary number system is also essential to represent real-world quantities in terms of Binary values. The Sum-of-weights and repeated division by 2 methods are used to convert a decimal to Binary number. Sum of Weights Method The Sum-of-weights method used to convert Binary numbers into their Decimal equivalent is based… Read More »
Many different coding systems are used to represent data today. What is the importance of coding systems? To represent numeric, alphabetic, and special characters in a computer’s internal storage and on magnetic media, we must use some sort of coding system. In computers, the code is made up of fixed size groups of binary positions.… Read More »
Most real world quantities are represented in Decimal Number System. Digital Systems on the other hand are based on the Binary Number System. Therefore, when converting from the Digital Domain to the real-world, Binary numbers have to be represented in terms of their Decimal equivalents. The method used to convert from Binary to Decimal is… Read More »
Why Learn The Number Systems? When humans are speaking to one another, they speak in a particular language. This language is made of words and letters. Although we type words and letters in the computer, the computer does not understand the words and letters. Rather, those words and letters are translated into numbers. Computers “talk”… Read More »
Below is given the easiest Binary to decimal conversion method that you can do yourself even if you dont know the basic principle of mathematical conversion. In another artcile we have already described the manual conversion of binary to decimal numbers. If you are willing to use computer for mathematical conversions then the best option… Read More »
What is decimal number system? The decimal number system has base 10. It uses the digits 0 to 9. What is number system? It is a system for representing numeric values or quantities using different symbols i.e. digits. What does base or radix mean? The number of digits (symbols) a number system use is called base or… Read More »