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If you don't know what "binary" is then look at this spoiler;

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A Binary code is a way of representing text or computer processor instructions by the use of the binary number system's two-binary digits 0 and 1. This is accomplished by assigning a bit string to each particular symbol or instruction. For example, a binary string of eight binary digits (bits) can represent any of 256 possible values and can therefore correspond to a variety of different symbols, letters or instructions.

Mostly used In computing and telecommunication.

Now you can have fun with this, and just send some to your friends or use when programing.

Code:

01010100011010000110000101101110011010
11001000000111100101101111011101010010000001
10011001101111011100100010000001101100011011
11011011110110101101101001011011100110011100
10000001100001011101000010000001110100011010
00011010010111001100100000011101000110100001
11001001100101011000010110010000101110000011
01000010100000110100001010

That is what it looks like, most people know the basic 01010100, that is used as you know computers or you think you are a computer (No life)

Now you can go to this site right here and have a good play around with it.


Why is it used in Computers?

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Binary numbers – seen as strings of 0's and 1's – are often associated with computers. But why is this? Why can't computers just use base 10 instead of converting to and from binary? Isn't it more efficient to use a higher base, since binary (base 2) representation uses up more "spaces"?

What is Binary used for?

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As I mentioned at the start of this segment, a computer functions by manipulating 1s and 0s. As you have seen, you can represent any denary number in binary. It is also possible to represent any letter of the alphabet, or other character, using binary by simply assigning a code to it in the computer. For instance, there is an agreed representation of text known as International Alphabet Number 5 (IA-5) in which the letter ‘A’ is represented by the binary pattern 1000001. When I type the letter A, this binary number will be stored in my computer. I can later retrieve it and the letter A will be displayed on screen. This will only happen if the computer has received instructions to treat 1000001 as an IA-5 character. The same pattern could be used to represent the denary number 65. The computer knows what to do with the data because it has instructions from a program, and these instructions are themselves binary representations.


It is worth examining the difference between data and instructions. The data is the current information the computer program is working with. This might be some numbers I am adding up, or some text I am typing. It will vary from instance to instance. The instructions are what the computer does with the data. This must always be consistent, for example clicking on the Save button will always save the data.


So numbers and text can be represented using the binary system. What else can? Images can be represented using a technique known as bit-mapping. This divides an image up into thousands of cells and allocates a value to each cell. If the image is in black and white, each cell will have a value of 1 (indicating it is black) or 0 (indicating it is white). Colour can be represented by allocating more information to each cell to indicate the proportion of red, green and blue (RGB) values. A wide spectrum of colours can be created by varying the relative values of red, green and blue. You will encounter bit-mapping in more detail in a later section.


What else can be represented in binary? The answer is just about anything. Sound, like images, can be divided up into different segments and each given an appropriate binary value, which can then faithfully reproduce the sound. This is what your music CD player does.


You will hear people talk about computers being ‘digital’. Sound, light and other natural signals are usually analogue. The difference between digital and analogue is an important one as it underlies the advantage in using computers for many tasks. There is more about what is meant by analogue and digital here: Analogue and digital.

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