Number System Flashcards
What does are computer turn our instructions to?
Numbers as computers only understand numbers.
How do you determine the value of a digit?
You determine the value of a digit by using the digit, the position of the digit in the number, The base number.
What is the decimal number system?
The number system that we use in our daily life is the decimal number system. The decimal number system has base 10 as it uses 10 digits from 0-9. In a decimal number system, the successive positions to the left of the decimal point represent the units, tens, hundreds, thousands and so on.
What is the binary number system?
The binary system consists of two digits 0 and 1 also called the base 2 number system. The number system’s last position in the binary number represents the 0 power of the base.
What is the octal number system?
The octal number system has the base number as 8 and and has digits from 0-7.
What is the hexadecimal number system?
The hexadecimal system has the base number as 16 and uses numbers from 0-9 and letters from A-F.
What is the memory unit?
When we store data in our computer it is in the memory that it is stored. Memory unit is the amount of data tajt can be stored in the stored in the storage unit. This capacity is expressed in the term BYTES.
List some storage units
The storage units are bit, Nibble, Byte, KiloByte, MegaByte, GigaByte, and TeraByte
What is a Bit?
A binary is a logical 0 and 1 representing a passive or an active state of a component in an electric circuit.
What is a Nibble?
A group of 4 Bits is a nibble.
What is a Byte?
A group of 8 Bits is a Byte. A byte is the smallest unit, which can represent a data item or a character.
What is a Kilobyte?
A KiloByte is 1024 bytes. tThe symbol is KB.
What is MegaByte?
A MegaByte is 1024 KiloBytes. The symbol is MB.
What is a GigaByte?
A GigaByte is 1024MB. The symbol is GB.
What is a teraByte?
A TeraByte is 1024GB. The symbol is TB
