COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
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Question
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How many digits does a binary number system have?
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10
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4
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8
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2
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -binary number system, in mathematics, positional numeral system employing 2 as the base and so requiring only two different symbols for its digits, 0 and 1, instead of the usual 10 different symbols needed in the decimal system.
Detailed explanation-2: -2 in binary is 10. Unlike the decimal number system where we use the digits 0 to 9 to represent a number, in a binary system, we use only 2 digits that are 0 and 1 (bits). We have used 2 bits to represent 2 in binary.
Detailed explanation-3: -A Binary Number is made up of only 0s and 1s. There is no 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 in Binary!
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