Number System Flashcards

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What is a Number System?

Back

A method of counting.

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What is the base or radix of a number system?

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The total number of digits used in a number system.

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Name the four types of number systems.

Back

Decimal, Binary, Octal, Hexadecimal.

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What number system do computers use?

Back

Binary Number System.

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What number system do humans typically use?

Back

Decimal Number System.

Front

What is a bit?

Back

A single unit of data with a value of 0 or 1.

Front

How many bits make one byte?

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Eight bits.

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What can one byte represent?

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One of 256 different symbols or characters.

Front

How do you convert Decimal 25 to Binary?

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25 in decimal is 11001 in binary.

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What is the method for Binary to Decimal conversion?

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Multiply each bit by 2 raised to the power of its position, starting from 0.