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1 | computers... | Revelation | EdB | 12632 | ||
There I don't know where you got that piece of information but it is wrong. All computer are binary, and most if not all computers use hexdecimal connotation. Computers basically work as a mass number of switches they are on or a they are off hence they are binary. Hexdecimal is base 16 numbering system that has four binary positions xxxx called a byte (not a bit) the number "one" would be 0001, the number 15 or hex âFâ would be 1111. To make 16 you would have 0001 0000 using two bytes. Notice I can make any number just by turning one position on or off, 1111 1111 would be 255 or hex 255. Our numbering system is decimal 1-9 and there is octal 1-8 but that is a whole another story. |
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2 | computers... | Revelation | Makarios | 12676 | ||
Excellent observation EdB! My experience programming in C (plus plus), Assembly/Machine Language, COBOL, FORTRAN, UNIX and other various forms of code have all confirmed the truth of your explanation on hexidecimal connotation! Any good compiler with an error message of "Hex 'such and such'" is a good 'confirmation' of this! :) Of course, all computers (all the way back to the very first 8088 chip) used hexdecimal connotation.. And all Intel computers now are an 'offshoot' or descendant of this chip. Excellent post EdB! --Nolan |
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