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Binary

Binary stands for base 2. It is commonly used in computing for its relative ease of computation and the ease of using ON - OFF states in computers.


In computers, each byte usually holds 8 bits, or binary digits. Thus a single byte can hole a value ranging from 0 to 255. This article is a stub. Help us out by expanding it.
Power of two Number in base 10 Binary representation
$2^1$ 2 10
$2^2$ 4 100
$2^3$ 8 1000
$2^4$ 16 10000
$2^5$ 32 100000
$2^6$ 64 1000000
$2^7$ 128 10000000