Linux provides commands for converting numbers from one base to another. Learn how to uses these commands and how to make the process easier with scripts and aliases. You might not be challenged very ...

In this article, I'm covering something that's a little abstruse: converting numeric bases within shell scripts. There are really four commonly used numeric bases to consider: binary, octal, decimal ...

Two octal digits is 6 bits, and three octal digits is 9 bits, and a byte is 8 bits. If the input was an actual byte [], then this problem would have nothing to do with octal.<BR><BR>Also, you have to ...

Log out of Google and search for [binary], [octal] and [hexadecimal] and you will see a little geeky easter egg. The easter egg shows the value of the results in that number systems. For example, here ...

A trio of new Google Easter eggs display the number of results in the number system of the query. Search the terms "binary", "octal", or "hexidecimal" to see a few fun tricks in the search results ...