D Number Systems
Objectives
In this appendix you’ll learn:
To understand basic number systems concepts, such as base, positional value and symbol value.
To understand how to work with numbers in the binary, octal and hexadecimal number systems.
To abbreviate binary numbers as octal numbers or hexadecimal numbers.
To convert octal numbers and hexadecimal numbers to binary numbers.
To convert back and forth between decimal numbers and their binary, octal and hexadecimal equivalents.
To understand binary arithmetic and how negative binary numbers are represented using two’s complement notation.
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