Octal
Updated: 05/01/2023 by Computer Hope
Octal is a base-8 number system commonly used to represent binary numbers and other numbers in a shorter form.
Note
Octal is sometimes abbreviated as "oct."
Below is a basic chart of how a binary number is converted to an octal number.
| Binary | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Octal | +200 | +100 | +40 | +20 | +10 | +4 | +2 | +1 |
Below are some binary examples and their octal equivalents.
10001111 = 217 10101111 = 257 11010100 = 324
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