Bible Question: The old computers (pre Y2K compliance) were binary, and the Y2K compliant computers are now hexi-decimal. I find that interesting. |
Bible Answer: 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. |