COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

DATA REPRESENTATION AND NUMBER SYSTEMS

BINARY OCTAL DECIMAL AND HEXADECIMAL NUMBER SYSTEMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
octal number system means
A
0-8
B
0-7
C
0-9
D
0-10
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A number system which has its base as ‘eight’ is called an Octal number system. It uses numbers from 0 to 7. Let us take an example, to understand the concept. As we said, any number with base 8 is an octal number like 248, 1098, 558, etc.

Detailed explanation-2: -Importance of Octal Number System The octal number system is one that uses base 8. This means that the number system uses 8 different symbols to represent numbers. The symbols are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. In the octal number system, the number 8 is represented as 10.

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