Introduction to Binary PDF

**Introduction to Binary** **How many numbers does the Decimal Counting system use?** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------...

**Introduction to Binary** **How many numbers does the Decimal Counting system use?** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- At least 10 to start with but it can use any numbers **How many numbers does the Binary Counting system use?** 2 **Why does a computer need Binary to operate?** Because it's how computers communicate and understand us, it's a default so everything gets translated to and from binary. **Why does the power symbol look the way it does?** Because it looks like a 0 and a 1, like binary so it's the computer doing a binary sequence telling us off and on **How did Computers talk to each other over long distances (first Internet connection method)?** They used annoying phones **How is information stored in a computer?** Floppy discs, CDs, DVDs, Drives, and magnetic media **What is a Bit?** A binary digit **What is a Byte?** A group of 8 bits **How many Bytes do each of the following have?** **KiloByte** 1000 **MegaByte** 1000000 **GigaByte** 1000000000 **TeraByte** 1000000000000 **What is the ASCII Chart and why is it used?** It is a chart that switches binary to numbers, symbols, and letters **Using the chart on the last slide (and at bottom of this worksheet) you will write your first name in Binary.** **Example: To write Dave in Binary** **D= 01000100** **a= 01100001** **v= 01110110** **e= 01100101** **Enter your first name in binary here: (if you have a long name you can use a nick name or shortened version of your name)** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **010011110101000001000101010011000100100101000001**