Binary Codes

1. Some binary coding schemes used in computer science:
   • "ASCII - What is It and Why Should I Care?"

   • "ASCII", from the Webopedia

   • Unicode Homepage

2. Some websites on the Binary Numbering System:
   • "binary", from Eric Weisstein's MathWorld

   • "binary" (from the Webopedia)

   • "binary system" (from USByte.com)

   • Binary Numbers, by John Rieman

   • Binary Numbers for Dummies

   • DECIMAL, BINARY, HEXADECIMAL NUMBER SYSTEMS

   • Number Systems

   • Selvia, John (1995), "Binary Tutorial"
     • Just for fun: Binary Finger Counting

3. Binary representation of negative and real numbers:
   1. Ask Dr. Math: Binary Division and Negative Binary Numbers
      Probably the best site to start with. The "Dr. Math" website has lots of good stuff on it.

   2. Negative Binary Numbers

   3. Negation in the Binary System
      This website has lots of other general information on the binary system, too.

   4. Representation of Numbers
      This website has lots of other general information on the binary system, too.

   5. "IEEE Floating Point Representations of Real Numbers"

4. Algorithms for converting between binary and decimal notation:
   1. Our algorithm for converting a decimal numeral into a binary numeral
      • Another algorithm

   2. Our algorithm for decoding a binary numeral back into a decimal numeral

5. Binary Magic Trick

6. Binary image-representation
   • Korean card choreography
     • (c) Getty Images

   • How bitmaps work
     • .bmp
     • .gif

   • " Bitmapped Graphics"
     • small and large Woody Woodpecker

   • "Bitmap data"
     • small and large mountain

   • "Facts About Bitmap Images"
     • Bitmap paint brush image

   • Preston, Richard (2005, April 11), "Capturing the Unicorn", The New Yorker: 28-33.
     • How two mathematicians came to the aid of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

7. "What Is a Pixel? Scanning Tips"
   • Has some great magnified images showing the pixels.

8. How RGB coding works:
   • RGB codes:
     • .bmp
     • .gif

   • RGB-Coded Colors

   • RGB colors

   • Tyson, Jeff (2004), "How Computer Monitors Work"

9. Binary sound-representation:
   • How digital sampling of analog data works:
     • .bmp
     • .gif

   • "Digital Data"

   • "What is Digital Audio?"

   • Bewley, John (curator) (2004), "Lejaren A. Hiller: Computer Music Pioneer" [PDF] (UB Music Library Exhibit: May 24-Sept. 7).

10. Marriott, Michel (2004, 23 December), "HOW IT WORKS: And You Thought Your Neighbor Had a Jumbo TV", New York Times