电子信息类专业英语（西电第二版）Unit 3 Electrical Technique.pptVIP

　　A general method for converting from a decimal to a binary number is indicated in Table 3.3. The procedure is the following. Place the decimal number (in this illustration, 19) on the extreme right. Next divide by 2 and place the quotient (9) to the left and indicate the remainder (1) directly below it. Repeat this process (for the next column 9÷2 =4 and a remainder of 1) until a quotient of 0 is obtained. The array of 1’s and 0’s in the second row is the binary representation of the origin decimal number. In this example, decimal 19=10011 binary. 　　A binary digit (a 1 or a 0) is called a