ASCII is a character-encoding scheme that uses 7 bits to represent each character. The decimal (base 10) values 65 through 90 represent the capital letters A through Z, as shown in the table below.
What ASCII character is represented by the binary (base 2) number 1001010 ?
To convert from base to the more familiar decimal format, represent each place value as base 2 rather than base 10.
In base ten, the value 1001010 represents:
1,001,010=106+103+101
Change the base to 2:
26+23+21=64+8+2=74