Base Systems

Base systems are ways of representing numbers using different sets of digits. The most common is the decimal system (base 10), which uses ten digits (0-9). Other examples include binary (base 2) for computers, which uses only 0 and 1, and hexadecimal (base 16), which uses digits 0-9 and letters A-F. Each position in a number represents a power of its base, determining its value. Changing bases allows for efficient data processing, storage, and communication in digital systems. Essentially, base systems are methods of counting and encoding information using various digit sets and positional values.