For the binary form of computer software, see Machine code.
A binary code represents text, computer processor instructions, or any other data using a two-symbol system. The two-symbol system used is often "0" and "1" from the binary number system. The binary code assigns a pattern of binary digits, also known as bits, to each character, instruction, etc. For example, a binary string of eight bits (which is also called a byte) can represent any of 256 possible values and can, therefore, represent a wide variety of different items.
In computing and telecommunications, binary codes are used for various methods of encoding data, such as character strings, into bit strings. Those methods may use fixed-width or variable-width strings. In a fixed-width binary code, each letter, digit, or other character is represented by a bit string of the same length; that bit string, interpreted as a binary number, is usually displayed in code tables in octal, decimal or hexadecimal notation. There are many character sets and many character encodings for them.
A bit string, interpreted as a binary number, can be translated into a decimal number. For example, the lower case a, if represented by the bit string 01100001 (as it is in the standard ASCII code), can also be represented as the decimal number "97".
system used is often "0" and "1" from the binary number system. The binarycode assigns a pattern of binary digits, also known as bits, to each character...
The reflected binarycode (RBC), also known as reflected binary (RB) or Gray code after Frank Gray, is an ordering of the binary numeral system such that...
list of some binarycodes that are (or have been) used to represent text as a sequence of binary digits "0" and "1". Fixed-width binarycodes use a set number...
A binary number is a number expressed in the base-2 numeral system or binary numeral system, a method of mathematical expression which uses only two symbols:...
Extended BinaryCoded Decimal Interchange Code (EBCDIC; /ˈɛbsɪdɪk/) is an eight-bit character encoding used mainly on IBM mainframe and IBM midrange computer...
mathematics and computer science, the binary Goppa code is an error-correcting code that belongs to the class of general Goppa codes originally described by Valerii...
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arguments Binary operation, a mathematical operation that takes two arguments Binary relation, a relation involving two elements Binary-coded decimal,...
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paper on the problem of finding the most efficient binarycode. Huffman, unable to prove any codes were the most efficient, was about to give up and start...
can be easily converted from binary representations (similar to a quaternary numeral system) by grouping consecutive binary digits into groups of three...
unit is defined in reciprocal determination with another term, as in binarycode. For instance, 'hot' gains meaning because of its relation to 'cold,'...
element (a binarycode), but more element types were employed in some codes not intended for machines. For instance, American Morse code had about five...
ternary computers using binary computers, or interfacing between ternary and binary computers, can involve use of binary-coded ternary (BCT) numbers, with...
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general form of binary encoding when n is not a power of two. If n is a power of two, then the coded value for 0 ≤ x < n is the simple binarycode for x of length...
In digital electronics, a binary decoder is a combinational logic circuit that converts binary information from the n coded inputs to a maximum of 2n...
Barker sequences or Barker codes, after the inventor Ronald Hugh Barker. The process is described in "Group Synchronisation of Binary Digital Systems" published...
Offset binary, also referred to as excess-K, excess-N, excess-e, excess code or biased representation, is a method for signed number representation where...
compile step - the object code or binary file - and tries to replace identifiable sections of the code with replacement code that is more algorithmically...
minutes, or seconds. Similar clocks, based on Gray codedbinary, also exist. Most common binary clocks use six columns of LEDs to represent zeros and...
A pseudorandom binary sequence (PRBS), pseudorandom binarycode or pseudorandom bitstream is a binary sequence that, while generated with a deterministic...