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Binary is a number system that only consists of 2 digits: 0 and 1 (Unlike our normal base 10 system, which consists of 10 digits from 0 - 9.). In binary, these 'digits' are known as bits. The binary number system is used by computers to reflect the on (1) and off (0) states of a transistor. Although binary may look odd at first, reading binary numbers is straightforward. It is a positional system, so every bit is raised to the power of 2 based on its position in the number. This starts from the rightmost bit (also called the least significant bit or LSB) with the position index of 0 and goes up from there. With binary, you can also represent fractions. A binary number can be separated by a radix point, with the left side of the point representing the integer part of the number, and the right side representing the fractional part of the number.
Floating point binary can be translated into decimal numbers with this straightforward process. As mentioned in the description, binary is a positional system. Each bit in a binary number, starting from the rightmost bit before the radix point, is given an index. This index starts with 0. You can simply label each bit's position with it's corresponding index. Now, for each bit after the radix point, you also have to give it an index. However, since this represents the fractional portion of the number, instead of starting the index at 0, you will start from -1 beginning from the bit immediately following the radix point. This index will decrease with every bit following it (EX: -1, -2 ...-n). Next, you want to check for the 'set' bits (1). For each set bit, you will calculate its value by raising 2 to the power of the index. After you do this for the whole number, you simply have to add the set values together for both the integer and fractional parts to get the binary number. For example, let's try converting 10011.10011 to decimal.First, you want to label the indices of the binary number for both the integer and the fractional portion. You start with 0 for the rightmost bit of the integer portion, and -1 for the left most bit of the fractional portion.
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