Thursday, 1 March 2012

All about binary no. system

Most modern computer system operate using binary logic.
A computer cannot operate on the decimal number system
A binary number system uses only two digits namely 0 and 1.
The binary number system works like the decimal number system accept one change.
It used the base 2.
Hence the largest value of a digit is 1 and the number values are digits can assume is 2 that is 0 and 1
The left most bit in a given binary no. with the highest weight is called as most significant bit whereas the right most bit in a given number with the lowest weight is called as least significant bit.

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