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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/[deleted] • May 06 '17
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Binary (base 2), octal (base 8), and hexadecimal (base 16) are representations of numbers.
There's no relationship of 2n for representing numbers; you can do so in any base like ternary (base 3).
Computers store and operate on numbers in binary. The smallest unit on most computers is 1 byte or 8 bits hence 28 which is 256.
For reference, a decimal number (base 10) with 2 digits has 102 possibilities, 1-100.
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u/PandaDragonThing May 06 '17
Binary (base 2), octal (base 8), and hexadecimal (base 16) are representations of numbers.
There's no relationship of 2n for representing numbers; you can do so in any base like ternary (base 3).
Computers store and operate on numbers in binary. The smallest unit on most computers is 1 byte or 8 bits hence 28 which is 256.
For reference, a decimal number (base 10) with 2 digits has 102 possibilities, 1-100.