Number Systems in Computer
What are the number systems in Computer? Number systems are the technique to represent numbers in the computer system architecture, every value that you are saving or getting into/from computer memory has a defined number system. Computer architecture supports following number systems. Binary number system Octal number system Decimal number system Hexadecimal (hex) number system 1) Binary Number System A Binary number system has only two digits that are 0 and 1 . Every number (value) represents with 0 and 1 in this number system. The base of binary number system is 2, because it has only two digits. 2) Octal number system Octal number system has only eight (8) digits from 0 to 7 . Every number (value) represents with 0,1,2,3,4,5,6 and 7 in this number system. The base of octal number system is 8, because it has only 8 digits. 3) Decimal number system Decimal number system has only ten (10) digits from 0 to 9 . Every number (value) represents with 0,1,2,3,4,5,6, 7,8 and 9 in this nu