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3.2 REPRESENTING INFORMATION
AS BINARY CODES
Binary Representation
Look at the following symbols.
These symbols are universally recognized as symbols for No Parking and Keep
Silence respectively.
Similarly, computers use specific symbols to store and understand the information
that user has given to it as the input. This information is represented using Binary
numbers.
Binary Number is a number which represent data as 0s and 1s.
For example:
It can be used to record and use information 0 1
with the help of two signals: OFF(0) and ON(1).
Computers, phones, transistor are made up of the electronic parts that work on
the ON/OFF signals.
Let us learn how to make a smiley face using binary numbers.
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0 1 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 1 0
0 0 1 1 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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