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Digital Literacy Computer Basics Computer Basics Binary

00001000

what number is represented by the byte 00001000

1 Answer

The value is 8. You evaluate a byte from right to left doubling its value each time and add everything up at the end. In this case it is 8 + 0 + 0 + 0. I've left a little thing below to demonstrate.

  0     0    0    0   1   0   0   0
(128) (64) (32) (16) (8) (4) (2) (1)