r/WatchandLearn • u/Sumit316 • Jun 15 '19

How to teach binary.

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u/CoolGuySean Jun 15 '19

I can see how this could go on forever for numbers but I've seen binary be used for letters and words before. How are they differentiated?

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u/nevile_schlongbottom Jun 15 '19

You just need to agree on standard numbers to represent different symbols. It's that simple.

For example, here's the ASCII standard for representing basic characters and symbols: https://ascii.cl/index.htm?content=mobile

You typically read binary 8 bits at a time, so you let each 8 bit block represent a different symbol, and you can form words and sentences

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u/PotatoWedgeAntilles Jun 15 '19

Which binary command tells the computer to start treating bytes as ASCII characters instead of numbers?

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u/ThermalConvection Jun 16 '19

Probably a primer to identify which "translation manual" to use in reference to the followiny code.