The Nature of Mathematics, 12th Edition
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Section 4.4: Binary Numeration System

4.4 Outline

A. Definition
B. Base two
     1. two-state device
     2. base 2 to base 10
     3. base 10 to base 2
C. ASCII code
     1. bit
     2. byte
     3. table of ASCII code
D. Binary arithmetic

4.4 Essential Ideas

This section is an extension of the last section with focus on the binary numeration system which can give us a little insight in how computers might be programmed.