Binary Is 1's and 0's, On and Off, True and False. It is the most basic of all lanuages. All computers use binary and all eletronic data is binary. Binary is simple to decode once you learnt he pattern. You must also know that all Keyboard Characters have a number value called ANSI.

Binary Reads from Right to Left. Starting with the first digit equal to 1 you multiply each number by 2. Heres an example

1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0

128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1

If the binary digit is 1 that means its "On" and we keep the cooresponding number, If its 0 it is "Off" and we ditch it. All the number that you keep you then add. An easier way to think of it is to times the binary digit by the cooresponding number and add them.

128*1 + 64*0 + 32*1 + 16*0 + 8*1 + 4*1 + 2*1 + 1*0 = 174

Therefore 10101110 = 174.

If you want to get text from binary you convert the result to a letter using its ANSI value.

01000001

128*0 + 64*1 + 32*0 + 16*0 + 8*0 + 4*0 + 2*0 + 1*1 = 65

65 = "A"

01000001 = "A"

Hope this helps a bit!

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