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  • Bits, Bytes and the Binary Decimal confusion

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    Jon Gurgul
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    Quick Binary Bit background In computing we use a unit of information with two values 0 or 1, which is called a bit. Now with either a 0 or 1, how do we go about representing the number 6 or 9? We could write 111111 and 111111111111, but you will see that this will require a…