Here's a C/C++ program that converts decimal numbers ranging from 0 to 99,999 to binary and BCD formats. Using a simple algorithm in conjunction with pointer ...

Decimal notation describes numbers using the digits 1 through 10. Binary notation describes them using just two digits, 1 and 0, where each bit in a string represents a power of 2. The right-most bit ...

In the late 1930s, Claude Shannon showed that by using switches that close for "true" and open for "false," it was possible to carry out logical operations by assigning the number 1 to "true" and 0 ...

The formulation of the binary number system essentially laid the groundwork for digital circuitry, computers, and the field of computer science, as we know it in today’s technologically-advanced world ...

The conversion of a decimal number to its base 8 equivalent is started by the repeated division method. Divide the base 10 number by 8 and extract the remainders. The first remainder will be the LSD, ...

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Beginners often have difficulty reading the value of –2’s complement number; here’s a simple technique that may help. In my previous column, I introduced the SANX-I Microcomputer, whose goal is to ...