binary

• there are two binary digits:

  • 1 (ON)
  • 0 (OFF)
  • each one of these binary digits is known as a bit, and is represented by a 'b'
• storage units

  A) bit

  B) b

  C) byte

  D) B

  E) kilobyte

  F) KB

  G) megabyte

  H) MB

  I) gigabyte

  J) GB

  K) terabyte

  L) TB

  M) 8

  N) 1024

  O) 1024

  P) 1024

  Q) 1024

  
• binary to decimal

  1. write the place headings above
  2. put the numbers under the place headings
  3. add up all the column headers which contain a 1
  4. this is your decimal value