Binary Code

Binary Code Basics

Binary code refers to the use of 0s and 1s by a computer. 1 means there is an electrical current, and 0 means there is no electrical current. Each 0 or 1 is one bit. Eight bits = one byte. One byte is usually a character. You can use an ASCII Table to translate to or from binary and ASCII equivalants.

ASCII Tables

Non-Printable Characters

Binary	Decimal	Hex	Abbreviation	Printable Representation	Name/Meaning
0000 0000	0	00	NUL	␀	Null character
0000 0001	1	01	SOH	␁	Start of Header
0000 0010	2	02	STX	␂	Start of Text
0000 0011	3	03	ETX	␃	End of Text
0000 0100	4	04	EOT	␄	End of Transmission
0000 0101	5	05	ENQ	␅	Enquiry
0000 0110	6	06	ACK	␆	Acknowledgement
0000 0111	7	07	BEL	␇	Bell
0000 1000	8	08	BS	␈	Backspace
0000 1001	9	09	HT	␉	Horizontal Tab
0000 1010	10	0A	LF	␊	Line feed
0000 1011	11	0B	VT	␋	Vertical Tab
0000 1100	12	0C	FF	␌	Form Feed
0000 1101	13	0D	CR	␍	Carriage return
0000 1110	14	0E	SO	␎	Shift Out
0000 1111	15	0F	SI	␏	Shift In
0001 0000	16	10	DLE	␐	Data Link Escape
0001 0001	17	11	DC1	␑	Device Control 1 -- oft. XON
0001 0010	18	12	DC2	␒	Device Control 2
0001 0011	19	13	DC3	␓	Device Control 3 -- oft. XOFF
0001 0100	20	14	DC4	␔	Device Control 4
0001 0101	21	15	NAK	␕	Negative Acknowledgement
0001 0110	22	16	SYN	␖	Synchronous Idle
0001 0111	23	17	ETB	␗	End of Trans. Block
0001 1000	24	18	CAN	␘	Cancel
0001 1001	25	19	EM	␙	End of Medium
0001 1010	26	1A	SUB	␚	Substitute
0001 1011	27	1B	ESC	␛	Escape
0001 1100	28	1C	FS	␜	File Separator
0001 1101	29	1D	GS	␝	Group Separator
0001 1110	30	1E	RS	␞	Record Separator
0001 1111	31	1F	US	␟	Unit Separator
0111 1111	127	7F	DEL	␡	Delete

Printable Characters

Binary Decimal Hex Graphic 0010 0000 32 20 (blank) (␠) 0010 0001 33 21 ! 0010 0010 34 22 " 0010 0011 35 23 # 0010 0100 36 24 $ 0010 0101 37 25 % 0010 0110 38 26 & 0010 0111 39 27 ' 0010 1000 40 28 ( 0010 1001 41 29 ) 0010 1010 42 2A * 0010 1011 43 2B + 0010 1100 44 2C , 0010 1101 45 2D - 0010 1110 46 2E . 0010 1111 47 2F / 0011 0000 48 30 0 0011 0001 49 31 1 0011 0010 50 32 2 0011 0011 51 33 3 0011 0100 52 34 4 0011 0101 53 35 5 0011 0110 54 36 6 0011 0111 55 37 7 0011 1000 56 38 8 0011 1001 57 39 9 0011 1010 58 3A : 0011 1011 59 3B ; 0011 1100 60 3C < 0011 1101 61 3D = 0011 1110 62 3E > 0011 1111 63 3F ?

Binary Decimal Hex Graphic 0100 0000 64 40 @ 0100 0001 65 41 A 0100 0010 66 42 B 0100 0011 67 43 C 0100 0100 68 44 D 0100 0101 69 45 E 0100 0110 70 46 F 0100 0111 71 47 G 0100 1000 72 48 H 0100 1001 73 49 I 0100 1010 74 4A J 0100 1011 75 4B K 0100 1100 76 4C L 0100 1101 77 4D M 0100 1110 78 4E N 0100 1111 79 4F O 0101 0000 80 50 P 0101 0001 81 51 Q 0101 0010 82 52 R 0101 0011 83 53 S 0101 0100 84 54 T 0101 0101 85 55 U 0101 0110 86 56 V 0101 0111 87 57 W 0101 1000 88 58 X 0101 1001 89 59 Y 0101 1010 90 5A Z 0101 1011 91 5B [ 0101 1100 92 5C \ 0101 1101 93 5D ] 0101 1110 94 5E ^ 0101 1111 95 5F _

Binary Decimal Hex Graphic 0110 0000 96 60 ` 0110 0001 97 61 a 0110 0010 98 62 b 0110 0011 99 63 c 0110 0100 100 64 d 0110 0101 101 65 e 0110 0110 102 66 f 0110 0111 103 67 g 0110 1000 104 68 h 0110 1001 105 69 i 0110 1010 106 6A j 0110 1011 107 6B k 0110 1100 108 6C l 0110 1101 109 6D m 0110 1110 110 6E n 0110 1111 111 6F o 0111 0000 112 70 p 0111 0001 113 71 q 0111 0010 114 72 r 0111 0011 115 73 s 0111 0100 116 74 t 0111 0101 117 75 u 0111 0110 118 76 v 0111 0111 119 77 w 0111 1000 120 78 x 0111 1001 121 79 y 0111 1010 122 7A z 0111 1011 123 7B { 0111 1100 124 7C | 0111 1101 125 7D } 0111 1110 126 7E ~