COM1100 -- Winter2000 -- Yuhong Yin
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Decimal
number system
nThe decimal number
system is the most popular number system and it is the one people are
most familiar with.
nIts origin is
probably related to the fact that human beings have 10 fingers.
nIt uses the 10 symbols 0, 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and the base is 10.
nThe lowest
digit is 0 and the highest digit is 9 – one less than the base of 10.