Binary Numbers

A binary number is a base 2 number system. This means that it only uses two symbols typically a ‘0’ and ‘1’. You may be used to the base 10 number system, most people know this as the hindu-Arabic numeral system. The base 10 number system has ten symbols 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, and 9. As such the base two number system has 2 symbols 0 and 1.

Binary codes in telecommunications and computing are used for various methods of encoding data, such…