2006-09-15 06:36:31 · 9 answers · asked by ssg_cox 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Infinity. Just like any other numbering system, you can always add one more.
2006-09-15 08:56:50 · answer #1 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Binary Numbers List
2016-10-01 11:48:46 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
256 isn't binary
256 base 10 = 11111111 in binary It is 8 bits that's why you see it all the time.
binary only has ones and zeros. You count like this
0
1
10
11
100
101
110
111
And so on. It goes to infinity.
2006-09-15 07:37:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Binary numbers only have the digits 0 and 1 and can represent any number. 1000000000 is equal to decimal 512. Each position starting at the right is a power of 2. 2^0, 2^1, 2^2, etc.
0-255 are the decimal equivalents of a byte which consists of 8 binary digits but 8 is not a limit, it is just the design of computers.
2006-09-15 06:42:02 · answer #4 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slightly confused by the question. But...
Binary numbers can represent any possible number. It just depends how many bits the number is. Each bit being a 1 or a 0.
It works like this, each digit in a binary number has a different value associated with it. If the digit is 1, then the number it represents is added to the total for that number. If it is 0, then it is simply ignored.
Binary numbers are read right to left. The first binary digit represents 1, the second 2. After this, each digit represents the next power of 2(4, 8,16,32) etc. This can go on to any magnitude of number.
With regards to your mention of 256, this would be what the 9th digit in a binary number would represent. After that would be 512, after that 1024. And so on.
2006-09-15 06:48:10 · answer #5 · answered by Eggman 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh..binary numbers aren't limited to a fixed size set..
they're like natural numbers..well..they ARE natural numbers..
only..the normal decimal system u r used to contains ten symbols(0-9) to represent numbers, while binary numbers or base-2 numbers have just two symbols..0 and 1. so u can actually figure out that they too are endless.
if u r a beginner, u can remember them numbers like..the normal decimal numbers that contain only 0s and 1s, in the order they occur.
ie, 0, 1, 10, 11, 100, 101, 110, 111, ......
note that starting from 0 through to 200, the above mentioned numbers(in the increasing order) are the only ones u get with just 0s and 1s..
u can as well index them, starting with zero. so 0 is the 0th number, 1 the 1st, 10 the 2nd and so on.. these indices give u the actual decimal form of these binary number representaions.
Now, ask urself if there is an end to decimal numbers. the answer is the same for the question u have asked. hope i have helped..but u can get more details if u search for them..
2006-09-15 06:46:59 · answer #6 · answered by Prancing Stallion 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on what you mean. If you are talking about just counting in binary then it is like the decial number system, it has no end. if you are talking about computers then in some cases we have limits. Like IP address. they are 4 groups of 8. So since the largest each groups can be is 11111111, then the max is 255.255.255.255 or in binary 11111111.11111111.11111111.11111111
2006-09-15 06:44:59 · answer #7 · answered by new to the area 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can go on till infinity just like decimal system, but it's just that there will be lot of digits unlike decimal system.
http://www.is.wayne.edu/olmt/binary/page3.htm
2006-09-15 06:42:08 · answer #8 · answered by Ravi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are 10 kinds of people who understand binary. Those who do, and those who don't.
Sorry, couldn't resist!
2006-09-15 06:46:04 · answer #9 · answered by your ever-lovin' ponyhead 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋