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Binary

Computers use binary, hexadecimal, and different number systems.
Number systems are easy to make because they are just ways of counting basically. I will write about different number systems and also about different ways computers can search. Then dragon curve.

First is binary.
Binary is a system that has a base of two. Which means there is only two different symbols used to make a number. They are 1 and 0.

The 1 means on and the 0 means off. Also 1 means an electron is spinning to the left and 0 means an electron spinning to the right. But that is science.

First thing to know about using binary is the place values. Because it's a base of two each place value will double as you count to the left.

It's actually a little weird but the values start at 1 then count left. The place values increase to the left.
I guess just like in counting base ten.

The first four places will be {1 2 4 8}. But they will be written {8 4 2 1}

If you are trying to write the number five in binary you would put a 1 under the 4 and the 1 place. Because 4+1=5.
Then because there doesn't need to be an 8 or a 2 put a 0 under those place values.

So five in binary is 0101. It is also the same thing as 101 because the zero on the left doesn't really matter much. But the the zero in between the 1s has to be there to hold the place values in place.

One binary number is called a bit. Eight bits is a bite.

Computers can read binary if it's in bite form. To make the number five a bite instead of only three bits you would just put 0s to the left like 00000101.