Okay. Binary numbers consist of Ones and Zeros, and they work as follows:
Think of the number 245. You know that the first number is the 'hundreds' column, the second is the 'tens' column and the third is the 'units' column.
Binary is similar: except it starts at one and goes up in increments of x 2, ie. the first 6 columns are 32, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1.
You use them by putting a 1 in the columns you want to make your number, and a zero in the ones you don't.
For example, the number 45 would be 101101. 32+8+4+1 = 45.
Any number can be made in this way, and computers use binary as a programming language.
(As an aside, letters are assigned numbers called ASCII numbers, so that letters can be used in programming too.)
Hope that helps!
2007-03-18 02:47:22
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answered by Chii 2
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The binary numeral system is a numeral system that represents numeric values using two symbols, usually 0 and 1. the binary system is used internally by virtually all modern computers. binary numerals are usually pronounced by pronouncing each individual digit, in order to distinguish them from decimal numbers. For example, the binary numeral "100" is pronounced "one zero zero", Decimal counting uses the symbols 0 through 9, while binary only uses the symbols 0 and 1.
2007-03-18 09:35:17
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answered by East link 3
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ok here u go just go to your math book and read and review it will make it easier!
2007-03-18 09:29:49
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answered by Anonymous
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http://www.math.grin.edu/~rebelsky/Courses/152/97F/Readings/student-binary.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_numeral_system
here are two sites with explanations
2007-03-18 09:29:54
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answered by steven m 7
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go and study your textbook
2007-03-18 09:40:12
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answered by vinoth s 1
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