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Erik Jonsson School of Enggineeringg and ThThe UUniiversitity off TTexas att DDallllas Computer Science Binary Numbers –Binary Numbers – The Computer Number SystemThe Computer Number System ? Number systems are simply ways to count things. Ours is the base-10 or radix-10 system. ? Note that there is no symbol for “10” – or for the base of any system. We People use the base-10 system countcount 11,22,33,44,55,66,77,88,99, andand thenthen putput aa 0 in the first column and add a new because we have 10 fingers! left column, starting at 1 again. Then we count 1-9 in the first column again. 1 3 5 7 8 9 6 ? Each column in our system stands for 106 105 104 103 102 101 100 0 a power of 10 starting at 10 . 1,357,896 1 x one million + 3 x one hundred thousand + – Example: 5 x ten thousand + 7 x one thousand + 8 x one hundred + 9 x ten + 6 x one. 1 Lecture #2: Binary, Hexadecimal, and Decimal Numbers ? N. B. Dodge 01/12 Erik Jonsson School of Enggineeringg and ThThe UUniiversitity off TTexas att DDallllas Computer Science Positional Notation –Positional Notation – A HistoryA History ? Heritage of western culture: The difficult M Roman representation of numbers: – MCMXCVI 1996, but MM 2000! – M 1000, C 100, X 10, V 5, I 1 – VII 7 5+1+1 , but XC 90 100 – 10 , and worst yet! XLVII 47 50 – I 10+5+1+1 .10+5+1+1 . – Want more? X ?C M, L/V X. Ouch! ? A better idea -- positional notation: Examples of positional notation: – Each diggit in a column reppresents a multiplier of the power of the base 10 199610 1 x 103 + 9 x 102 + 9 x 101 represented by that column. + 6 x 100 – The first column on the right is the zeroth 2000 2x103 powerpower ofof 10.10. SucceedingSucceeding columnscolumns toto thethe left represent higher powers of 10. 2 Lecture #2: Binary, Hexadecimal, and Decimal Numbers ? N. B. Dodge 01/12 Erik Jonsson School of Enggineeringg and ThThe UUniiversitity off TTexas att DDallllas Computer Science The Comput