Many teachers have recently asked : What happened to the Cisco Binary numbers game? Many computer science teachers have used Cisco’s popular game to help reinforce their binary numbers lessons. Cisco has removed the game! We here at Penjee have created our own version of the Cisco Binary Number Game here! It’s free., requires no loginning in … Continue reading Cisco Binary Number Game [ It’s Back and here and free!] →
A binary number with 8 bits (1 byte) can represent a decimal value in the range from 0 – 255. However, this only includes whole numbers and no real numbers (e.g. fractions) like 0.5 or 20.456 etc. To represent all real numbers in binary form, many more bits and a well defined format is needed. … Continue reading Binary numbers – floating point conversion →
It’s one thing to read about what floating point errors are and about famous computer errors, but it’s another thing to watch a demonstration of how floating point error can occur and to look at the code underneath the hood. This For more demonstrations like this, check out our top 5 … Continue reading Demonstration of Floating Point Error and Code [Java] →
