Binary and Hexadecimal Calculations (Computer Systems in 20 Minutes)

Binary and Hexadecimal Calculations (Computer Systems in 20 Minutes)

<b>An introduction to the binary and hexadecimal number systems and how to perform useful calculations with them, a must for all computer science and engineering students.</b><br /><br />You’ll learn about binary and hexadecimal in detail and how to use it in the real world performing mathematical operations on them. You don’t get far in your computer science / engineering career without a fine understanding of binary and hexadecimal, it’s the basis of all computing. <br /><br /><h2>Why is the book so short?</h2><br />In our <b>Computer Systems in 20 Minutes</b> series we learn about various computer-related tasks and software at a very brisk pace. When you need to learn something you don't always have the time to read a lengthy book, in this series we get to the point and deliver the information as quickly and effectively as possible. <br /><br /><h2>What's included?</h2><ul><li>How binary works</li><br /><li>Converting decimal to binary</li><br /><li>Converting binary to decimal</li><br /><li>How hexadecimal works</li><br /><li>Computer size measurements</li><br /><li>Converting decimal to hexadecimal</li><br /><li>Converting binary to hexadecimal</li><br /><li>Converting hexadecimal to binary</li><br /><li>Converting hexadecimal to decimal</li><br /><li>Positive and negative hex / binary numbers</li><br /><li>Binary subtraction</li></ul><br /><br />This book and its lessons has been adapted from our main computer science book - Computer Science: The Complete Toolkit - to provide you with a quick and efficient primer in binary and hexadecimal calculations.