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Overview of Computer Number Systems

The document explains the concept of number systems used in computer systems, highlighting four main types: Decimal, Binary, Octal, and Hexadecimal. Each system has a different base, with Decimal being base 10, Binary base 2, Octal base 8, and Hexadecimal base 16. The document details the symbols used in each system, ranging from 0-9 for Decimal to 0-9 and A-F for Hexadecimal.

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Overview of Computer Number Systems

The document explains the concept of number systems used in computer systems, highlighting four main types: Decimal, Binary, Octal, and Hexadecimal. Each system has a different base, with Decimal being base 10, Binary base 2, Octal base 8, and Hexadecimal base 16. The document details the symbols used in each system, ranging from 0-9 for Decimal to 0-9 and A-F for Hexadecimal.

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Number System

Number system is a way to represent


numbers in a computer system . Every value
that you are giving to/getting from the
computer memory has a defined number
system.
There are four positional number
systems . These are:-
1)Decimal number system
2)Binary number system
3)Octal number system
4)Hexadecimal number system

[Link] number system-The decimal number


system is a base 10 number system (deci
means ten). The base of a number indicates
how many number it uses. The decimal number
system uses 10 symbols from 0 to 9.
[Link] number system-Binary is a
base 2 number system (bi means
two ), and the symbol it uses are 0
and 1.
[Link] number system-In an octal number
system the base is 8. Hence, there are only
eight digits or symbols:0,1,2,3,4,5,6 and 7.
[Link] number system-The
hexadecimal number system uses 16
digits including 6 letters of alphabets
(hex means six). These include the
symbols 0 to 9 and A to F.

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