Get introduced to the number systems that are essential for computer scientists, and take a deep dive into binary representation. Learn how to represent and manipulate, positive, negative, and fractional numbers in binary, and learn how numbers are stored and represented in computers.

The only background this course requires is grade-school arithmetic. No programming knowledge is needed.

Number Systems For Computer Scientists

We have seen how to represent floating point numbers, as well as how to conduct basic operations with them. Now let's explore the properties of our representation.

Learn about the important properties of floating point representation that determine what numbers we can and cannot represent.

Introduction

Essential Number Systems

Some Binary Operations

Signed Binary Numbers

Representing Numbers With Fractional Parts

Representation in a Computer

Conclusion

Floating Point Properties