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Information Technology: Introduction To Number System

The document provides an introduction to number systems used in computing. It discusses that computers represent all data as numbers, with numbers, letters, and pictures all represented as numeric values. It then explains the binary number system, which uses only two values - 0 and 1. Finally, it gives brief overviews of bits and bytes, converting between decimal and binary, and operations like binary addition and multiplication.

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Information Technology: Introduction To Number System

The document provides an introduction to number systems used in computing. It discusses that computers represent all data as numbers, with numbers, letters, and pictures all represented as numeric values. It then explains the binary number system, which uses only two values - 0 and 1. Finally, it gives brief overviews of bits and bytes, converting between decimal and binary, and operations like binary addition and multiplication.

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Information Technology

Introduction to Number System Adnan Khalid

Computer and Numbers

To a computer everything is a number. Numbers are numbers. Alphabets are numbers. Pictures are numbers.

The Binary Number System

In digital computers only two values are displayed i.e. either On or Off. These values can also be represented by 0s and 1s. George Boole invented Boolean Algebra which stated that every equation can either be true or false.

The Unconventional System


The common man uses a base10 or decimal system. The binary system is hence a bit complicated to comprehend. The decimal system contains digits 0-9 and then repetition of these digits while binary has only 0 and 1 and then repetition of these two.

Bits and Bytes

A byte consists of 8 bits. A kilobyte consists of 1024 bytes. The presence of a bit represents the presence of data.

Decimal Vs Binary
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 000 001 010 011 100 101 110 111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 10000

Binary Conversion to Decimal

Decimal Conversion to Binary


To convert a decimal number to binary, first subtract the largest possible power of two, and keep subtracting the next largest possible power form the remainder, marking 1s in each column where this is possible and 0s where it is not.
Example 1 - (Convert Decimal 44 to Binary)

Binary Addition
Example 1

Example 2

Binary Multiplication

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