number systems Flashcards
why do computer use binary
computer use binary because computer run on electrical energy. energy can be on or off. ON = 1 OFF = 0. computer represent all data as 1s and 0s using many on and off states of electricity.
what is the base of decimal numbers
10
what is the place value of decimal numbers
the power of the base (power of 10)
what is the base of binary numbers
2
what is the place value of binary numbers
the power of the base (power of 2)
how many bits in 1 byte
8 bits
how many bits in 1000 bytes
8000 bits
how many kilobits in 1 kilobyte
8 kilobits
how many bits in 1 nibble
4 bits
how many bytes in 1 kilobytes
1000 bytes
how many kilobytes in 1 megabyte
1000 kilobytes
how many megabytes in 1 gigabyte
1000 megabyte
how many gigabytes in 1 terabyte
1000 gigabytes
what is the base of hexadecimals
16
what is the highest hex digit (for oxford)
15 (F)
