Binary Number
Base 10 Binary is also known as Arabic. Unlike Base 2 binary, which features only 0, and 1, Base 10 has numbers 0-9. Binary is the use of 2, and an exponent. Pretty much like, 2^0= 1, 2^1=2, 2^2=4, etc. Binary is the addition of these 2^’s to make a number. 0 means the 2^ is switched off, 1 means the 2^ is switched on.
For Example:
2^5, 2^4, 2^3, 2^2, 2^1, 2^0
0 0 1 0 1 1
So you see, the 2^3, 2^1, and 2^0 are turned on, while everything else is turned off.
Now you add the 2^’s that are turned on.
2^3=16
2^1=2
2^0=1
= 19
So, as you can see, Binary is actually pretty easy. In case you were wondering how a gigabyte or megabyte got it’s measure got it’s value in bytes, here you go:
1 bit
8 bits – 1byte
1024 bytes – 1 kilobyte
1024 kilobytes – 1 megabyte
1024 megabytes – 1 gigabyte
1024 gigabytes – terrabyte
