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Hexadecimal Number System

The one main disadvantage of binary numbers is that the binary string equivalent of a large decimal base-10 number can be quite long. When working with large digital systems, such as computers, it is common to find binary numbers consisting of 8, 16 and even 32 digits which makes it difficult to both read and… Read More »

COMPUTER CODING SYSTEM

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 »