DATA REPRESENTATION AND NUMBER SYSTEMS
BINARY OCTAL DECIMAL AND HEXADECIMAL NUMBER SYSTEMS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Both of these number systems really only have a use in the context of computer science. Computers use binary, and it is very easy to convert binary to octal or hexadecimal. It is much more difficult to convert binary to base 10 or decimal.
Detailed explanation-2: -All of the numbers we can possibly think of use some combination of these 10 digits. Computers, however, operate differently. Instead, they use a number system that has just two digits: one and zero. This system is called binary, and your computer uses it all the time.
Detailed explanation-3: -A computer system uses bits (binary digits) to denote values. It uses the binary number system to store data. Each digit (0 or 1) is a bit thus the binary number 10110110 is a binary number having 8 bits.