{"id":28,"date":"2022-05-16T18:37:56","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T17:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/phshighercomputingscience\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2022-05-16T18:39:08","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T17:39:08","slug":"binary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/phshighercomputingscience\/binary\/","title":{"rendered":"Binary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Processors can only understand binary. Ultimately, everything that is processed by a computer is handled in one of two states, 1 or 0.<\/span><\/p>\n

Many devices such as hair straighteners or games consoles make use of the following symbols:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

The number 1 represents on and the number 0 represents off.<\/span><\/p>\n

Integers<\/h2>\n

Binary is used to represent whole numbers so that they can be understood by the processor. An integer is a whole number.<\/span><\/p>\n

Integers can be positive numbers or negative numbers. The number 173 can be represented in binary as:<\/span><\/p>\n

10101101<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Binary works using a number system that is based on powers of 2. To understand why 10101101 is the same as 173 look at the following table:<\/span><\/p>\n

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When adding up all of the values that are on, the following sum is created:<\/span><\/p>\n

128 + 32 + 8 + 4 + 1 = 173<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

In this example we are using 8 bits to represent a number. If we use 8 bits we can represent any number between 0 and 255.<\/span><\/p>\n

If all of the values are off, the number is 0:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

If all of the values are on, the number is 255:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

128 + 64 + 32 + 16 + 8 + 4 + 2 + 1 = 255<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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