Class Terms for April the 28th.

1. - Decimal Number System - A base ten number system.

2. - Base - With number systems, it describes the number of digits used.

3. - Radix - another term for the base of a number system.

4. - Most Significant Digit(MSD) - The leftmost, largest weight digit in a number.

5. - Least Significant Digit(LSD) - :) The rightmost, smallest weight digit in a number.

6. - Reset and Carry - An action that occurs when a column had reached its maximum count.

7. - Binary Point - A symbol used to separate the whole from the fraction in a binary number



Thanks to: Introductory Computer Mathematics, Second Edition, Nigel P. Cook, Prentice Hall Publishers, Chapter 9, pages 200-202