CSC WEEK 11

Number representation was the topic for week eleven, which basically focused on binary numbers. At the beginning of the week, I did not feel comfortable with binary digits, but through the week I, certainly, progressed with my understanding. As humans, when counting we tend to group things in 10. However, computers do not use decimal numbers, they use voltages, which is similar as use just two fingers, instead of ten. In binary numbers, the only digits are one and zero, and because we are so used to do operations in base ten numbers, it is difficult doing operations with binaries. In fact, it took me a while to feel comfortable doing sum or multiplication with binary, specifically addition. But thanks to the practice fields that professor submitted, I mastered operations with binaries. I realized that it was the same as doing operation with decimal numbers, but just using zero and one, for instance, 1+0=1, 0+1=1. The only difference is when adding one and one, which equals one and zero 1 + 1= 1 0. Overall, binary numbers where complicated at the beginning, but they provide us with an insight of what is going on inside of the computer.