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5.3 Logs base 2

Everything to do with computers, binary representations.


2?? = 256

The logarithm of 256 base 2 is 8.

With eight bits (zeros or ones) you can represent 256 different numbers.


2?? = 65536.

The logarithm of 65536 base 2 is 16.


2?? = 4294967296.

The logarithm of 4,294,967,296 base 2 is 32.


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Richard Waterman
1999-05-06