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Everything Is a NumberHow Computers Work

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• ASCII1-byte character code (A=65)
• binarybase 2
• byte8 bits (0–255)
• endiannessbyte order of a multi-byte value (big = network order, little = x86)
• hexadecimalbase 16 (0–F), 1 hex digit = 4 bits (a nibble), 2 hex = 1 byte
• nibble4 bits
• RGBred/green/blue, one byte each
• typethe agreement on how to read bytes
• Unicode / UTF-8variable-length code for all writing
• word sizebits the CPU handles at once (32/64-bit) → also the address space