8-bit binary

[double-dragon]

Anyone know anything about binary? If so, can you help me answer this task?

"List the various ways that a string of 8 bits of binary code can be used to represent data. You muct include numbers, characters, masks and bit maps. State the role played and the concepts and principles involved for each format you have chosen."

If you can't give me any direct help then a url to a good site would be just as nice

Cheers

 

[SlothX311]

binary consists of 1's and 0's i dont know of any characters or letters

 

[alienationware]

256

List the various ways that a string of 8 bits of binary code can be used to represent data

00000000
00000001
00000010
00000011
00000100
00000101
00000110
00000111
00001000
.
.
.
To Line 256

You get the idea. There are 256 different combinations of 0's and 1's in a byte (8 bits). So theoretically, you can assign up to 256 unique "letters" to 8 bits of data.

 

[93glouden]

for letters a starts at the number 26 b=27 c=28 and so on

so a will = 00010010
and b will be =00010011

and so on


i learned this AGES ago so might be bull poo

 

[Sparticle]

Here is an ascii/decomal/binary table that might help.

Here is another site that does not have any binary, but it does have an extended ascii table (the fancy characters used by old dos prompt programs and stuff), so if you undrestand the pattern of binary, you won't have trouble converting the decimal #'s into binary.

This site explaining bitmaps might help.

I found this site about binary masks too. Sorry that it doesnt explain it very well. I found a bunch of programming sites explaining binary masks, but im assuming you dont know alot about programming. Maybe I'm wrong though.

Good luck on your project!
Is this a paper or something?

 

[double-dragon]

first 3 posts...um...yeah i know.

4th post, thank you very much

You get the idea. There are 256 different combinations of 0's and 1's in a byte (8 bits). So theoretically, you can assign up to 256 unique "letters" to 8 bits of data.

255 actually. Add it up.

 

[alienationware]

er....

255 actually. Add it up

256, if count the 0. Yes, the last number is 255, but I said *LINE* 256 not NUMBER 256.

 

[Praetor]

Anyone know anything about binary? If so, can you help me answer this task?

Translation: do homework?

256, if count the 0

Why wouldnt you count 0?

 

[double-dragon]

Translation: do homework?

Damn, rumbled
Yeah it is but ive looked everywhere and i can't find anything useful, lol

Bout the 255/256 thing. My mistake, I was thinking about counting in binary.

Im 18 today !!!

 

[S_Doherty]

are you still looking for this info? If you still need it, I could lay it all out for you? Just let me know K

 

[double-dragon]

I think ive got it sussed now. But thanks anyway

 

[ZER0X]

Binary is kinda easy once you get in the pattern