What Is Binary Code?
Binary is a base-2 number system representing numbers using a pattern of ones and zeroes.
Early computer systems had mechanical switches that turned on to represent 1, and turned off to represent 0.
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By using switches in series, computers could represent numbersusing binary code.
Modern computers still use binary code in the form of digital ones and zeroes inside theCPUandRAM.
A bit is a single one or zero that makes up the 8 bit binary number.
Using ASCII codes, binary numbers can also be translated into text characters for storing information in computer memory.
The placement of each binary digit determines its decimal value.
Much larger numbers can be represented by adding more bits to the system.
This is accomplished thanks to something called ASCII code.
TheASCII tableconsists of 128 text or special characters that each have an associated decimal value.
All ASCII-capable applications (like word processors) can read or store text information to and from computer memory.
For example,base64is used for transferring and storing media like images or video.
Binary code allows computers to manipulate and store all types of information to and from computer memory.
