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Finger binary

Finger binary is a system for counting and displaying binary numbers on the fingers of either or both hands. Each finger represents one binary digit or bit. This allows counting from zero to 31 using the fingers of one hand, or 1023 using both: that is, up to 25−1 or 210−1 respectively. Using all ten toes as well would theoretically increase this to 1,048,575, but it seems unlikely that many people have the dexterity for this. Modern computers typically store values as some whole number of 8-bit bytes, making the fingers of both hands together equivalent to 11⁄4 bytes of storage—in contrast to less than half a byte when using ten fingers to count up to 10. (Wikipedia).

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This tutorial shows how to convert from an unsigned binary number to a whole number. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn2SbZWi4yTkmPUj5wnbfoA/join :)

From playlist Binary Numbers

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This is the fourth in a series of videos about the binary number system which is fundamental to the operation of a digital electronic computer. In particular, this video covers the representation of real numbers using floating point binary notation. It begins with a description of standard

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This is the third in a series of videos about the binary number system which is fundamental to the operation of a digital electronic computer. It covers the representation of real numbers in binary using a fixed size, fixed point, register. It explains with examples how to convert both po

From playlist Binary

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Binary 1 - Converting to and from Denary

This is the first in a series of computer science videos about the binary number system which is fundamental to the operation of a digital electronic computer. It covers the need for binary and details of how to convert positive whole numbers in base 10 into 8 bit binary, and vice versa.

From playlist GCSE Computer Science

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What are binary numbers? Why are some numbers inexact when represented on a computer? Join me on Coursera: https://www.coursera.org/learn/numerical-methods-engineers Lecture notes at http://www.math.ust.hk/~machas/numerical-methods-for-engineers.pdf Subscribe to my channel: http://www.y

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How to count to 1000 on two hands

Typically when we think of counting on two hands, we count up to 10, but fingers can contain much more information than that! This video shows how to think about counting in binary.

From playlist Shorter videos

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Binary 8 – Floating Point Binary Subtraction

This is the eighth in a series of videos about the binary number system which is fundamental to the operation of a digital electronic computer. In particular, this video covers subtraction of floating point binary numbers for a given sized mantissa and exponent, both in two’s complement.

From playlist Binary

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Binary 5 – Floating Point Range versus Precision

This is the fifth in a series of videos about the binary number system which is fundamental to the operation of a digital electronic computer. In particular, this video elaborates on the representation of real numbers using floating point binary notation. It explains how the relative allo

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Binary 7 – Floating Point Binary Addition

This is the seventh in a series of videos about the binary number system which is fundamental to the operation of a digital electronic computer. In particular, this video covers adding together floating point binary numbers for a given sized mantissa and exponent, both in two’s complement.

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Check out more of my projects here: https://www.moorelearning.me/ Learn to count up to 1000 on your hands and how to use them to practice multiplication.

From playlist Summer of Math Exposition Youtube Videos

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Computational Thinking - CS50 for Lawyers 2019

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Computational Thinking & Scratch - Intro to Computer Science - Harvard's CS50 (2018)

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From playlist Introduction to Computer Science - Harvard's CS50

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