Binary Code

Binary code

Hello Fellow Bloggers.

Today I will be showing you my name in binary code. 

If computers operate in binary, then how are we able to store letters and words? To do this, we assign numbers to characters. This is known as character encoding.

To understand how character encoding works, let's create a simple example. First, assign the numbers 1-26 to the English alphabet:

Eg.  A = 1        B = 2           C = 3

So, with just these three letters we can encode the word CAB as 312.

BUT to encode the entire English language, we need all of the symbols on your keyboard (and more, if you think about some of the shortcuts on your computer, such as Ctr + C to Copy).  This is WAY more than 26 letters.  The answer: Binary!

The great Engineers of the past realized they needed a system to contain all of the numbers, letters, punctuation, and other important symbols of the English language, and so they invented ASCII.  An encoding system that gives a Binary number to each symbol.

Here is my name in ASCII is: 1001000, 1000101, 1001110, 1010010, 1011001

Here are the steps to complete it: