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Binary

Binary

‘binary’ Refers either to binary numbers or binary code, both of which are base 2 representations of information. We can do math with binary numbers, and store data (including numbers) with binary code, also called binary encoding.

See this interactive explainer page on Binary.

It’s basically my lecture on Binary in text form, with interactive widgets, and detailed explanations.

Binary Numbers Basics

A video I recorded on Binary:

The youtube channel ‘Computerphile’ has a number of good videos on the topic:

Why Use Binary?

Floating Point Numbers

Also See

The Binary Cheatsheet, a concise overview which also discusses operators.