Post #2941136
2026-02-25 12:10 UTC
Replies (7)
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@bricked@feddit.org 2026-02-25 12:26
You will be surprised to hear that this is how we read decimal numbers too
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@ArrowMax@feddit.org 2026-02-25 12:25
Even in decimal, the most-significant digit is to the left. Binary in text form is no exception to this. Unless we are talking little-endian, which would start with the least-significant bit.
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@yermaw@sh.itjust.works 2026-02-25 12:14
Now that you mention it it is pretty fucky, but in every textbook thats tried to teach me counting in binary its gone from right to left.
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@adb@lemmy.ml 2026-02-25 13:27
Binary exists in both ~~big-endian~~LSb or ~~little-endian~~MSb. In other words, both directions can be valid. As explained below: Endianness is specifically the order of bytes. I was under the impression that it also implied a specific order of bits but anyways, the correct terms for this discussion is Least/Most Significant bit order.
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@SethranKada@lemmy.ca 2026-02-25 12:32
Binary is always right to left? I've never seen it written left to right at least.
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@BlackVenom@lemmy.world 2026-02-25 15:46
The people saying right to left is normal are either Australian or mirror universe folks. At least I thought that until I looked up ascii conversations and then just random converters .... How have I forgotten this? The pic is right...
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@humanamerican@lemmy.zip 2026-02-25 13:00
There are 3 leading "zeros"