Binary Code
A man named Gottfried Leibniz had thought that a computer deserves a "perfect language" because a computer cannot understand human language. Binary code is compsed of two digits: 0's and 1's. Unlike humans, who use base 10 (ten fingers), a computer has circuits. These circuits can either be "on" (1) or "off" (0), thus the reason why it is only two digits (remember, two functions). These digits make up what a computer uses to function. This is called Binary (Bi- meaning "two"). There are many forms, but Octal and Hexidecimal seem to be the most commonly used forms. The Binary system may be confusing at first, but it is much simpler. The binary system works like this:
1024 512 256 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
Easy, right? Numbers represent themselves, while letters are represented by numbers. This is a chart of how letters are represented by binary code:
1024 512 256 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
Easy, right? Numbers represent themselves, while letters are represented by numbers. This is a chart of how letters are represented by binary code:
Now, you probably didn't know, but a "space" in binary is actually represented by the number 32. So, now you know how it works, but now it is time to learn about the main forms. There is a code that the ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) uses. The numbers that represent the letters actually come from this. Hexidecimal is different. This form halves the value the ASCII has assigned it. Ok, so you're probably getting bored of this, so I'll give you a challenge. Now that you know how to use binary code, translate the picture of the rug (top left). If you have defined it, you will find that it says "welcome". If you did this without looking at this, well done!
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