What are the largest and smallest decimal and binary numbers that can be represented?

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What are the largest and smallest decimal and binary numbers that can be represented?

2007-05-13 22:37:15 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design

THE COMPUTER HAS AN 8 BIT WORD LENGTH

2007-05-13 23:05:18 · update #1

3 answers

for 8 bits, the smallest is 0 (0000 0000 binary) the largest is 255 (1111 1111 binary).

2007-05-14 00:42:39 · answer #1 · answered by justme 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

That depends upon what is the data type you are using. How many bits you are using to represent the data.

There are long 1024bit numbers used by Encryption software to create Public and Private keys, and there are one bit flags.

The smallest is one BIT. The largest depends upon your data storage type.

2007-05-14 05:41:44 · answer #2 · answered by StarChaser 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋

Maybe decimal -128 to 127 if signed integers

2007-05-14 08:09:56 · answer #3 · answered by ROY L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋