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Old Jan 17, 2007 | 10:28 AM
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Old Jan 17, 2007 | 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by jacqueshammer,Jan 17 2007, 12:20 PM
mine is 1001011010
602 Decimal
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There are 10 kinds of people in this world.

Those that understand binary and those that don't.
Old Jan 17, 2007 | 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by jacqueshammer,Jan 17 2007, 12:31 PM
i think there are only supposed to be 8 digits
For a "byte" of data in a computer, you use 8 digits (or bits in this case)

However, a binary number can be as long as you like.
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The largest number you can represent with 8 binary digits is 255. It is:

11111111
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Binary is easy.



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