Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Definitions and Terms

Binary Number system- is a language used by digital computerelectronic circuits.

Decimal Number System-The system found its way to all the Arab counties by A>D> 800, whereit was named the Arabic number system, and from there it was eventually adopted by nearly all the European countries by A>D> 1200, where it was called the decimal number system.
The Base and Radix- is the key features that distinguishes one number system fro another.
Positional Weight-The position of each digit of a decimal number determines the weight of that digit. A 1 by itself, for instance, is only worth 1, whereas a 1 to the left of three )s makes the 1 woth 1000.
MSD- Most Significant Digit-In decimal number system , the left most digit is called the MSD.
LSD-Least Significant Digit-is the right most digit is called LSD.
Reset and Carry- in a decimal number system it start from 0 to 9 and then it start all over again from 0.The Binary System is a little difference it start from 0 to 1 and then it start over from 0 again.

1 comment:

lislyn42 said...

You have done a great job with your blog, I guess I went a little to far with my terms, but what is new with me? lol See ya in class

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