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Analog
Continuously varying
Examples:temperatur
e, pressure, velocity
Digital
OFF and ON states
that can be
represented using
0s and 1s
(respectively).
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1.2- Digital Representation of Analog Quantities(1)
Audio Recording
Audio CD and MP3 players/recorders
Video Recording
DVDs store digital representations of analog video
and audio signals
9426.32=9000+400+20+6+0.3+0.02= 9×103+4×102+2×101
+6×100+3×10-1 +2×10-2
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2.2 Octal Numbering System (Base 8)
3 1 5
In order to convert a number in Octal
system to Binary, each digit of the octal
number will be represented as its 3-bit
binary equivalent of that digit. 7 1 0 3
Example: Convert 71038 to Binary. 111 001 000 011
011 001 101
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2.7 - Hexadecimal Numbering System (Base 16)
16 allowable digits.
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B,
C, D, E, and F
Each hex digit represents a
4-bit group
Two hex digits are used to
represent a Byte.
Sometimes to show a
hexadecimal number letter H
is used in rightmost of the
number. ( 4A5500CH)
011 0110 011 0101 011 0001 010 1101 100 1101
36 35 31 2D 4D
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