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Binary

Convert between text and binary representation. Encode text to binary (0s and 1s) and decode binary back to readable text.

Mode

Text to Binary

About Binary Encoding

Binary is the base-2 numeral system, using only two symbols: 0 and 1. All data in computers is ultimately stored and processed as binary digits (bits). Each character is represented by its ASCII or Unicode value converted to binary.

Understanding Binary

  • 8 Bits = 1 Byte: Standard character representation
  • ASCII Range: 0-127 (7 bits), extended 0-255 (8 bits)
  • Each Bit: Represents a power of 2
  • Example: 'A' = 01000001 = 65 decimal

Binary to Decimal

  • Position Values: 128, 64, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1
  • 01000001: 64 + 1 = 65
  • 01001000: 64 + 8 = 72 (H)
  • 01101001: 64 + 32 + 8 + 1 = 105 (i)
Educational Tool: This tool helps visualize how computers represent text as binary. Each character gets converted to its numeric code, then to binary representation.
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