While everything in a computer is binary, and can be represented as a binary value, binary whole numbers do not represent the universe of numbering systems that exists in computers. To convert a numer...While everything in a computer is binary, and can be represented as a binary value, binary whole numbers do not represent the universe of numbering systems that exists in computers. To convert a numeric character digit to a number it is only necessary to subtract the character value of 0. Lower case letters start with the binary string 0110 and are offset by 1 for each new character, so a is 0110 0001, b is 0110 0010, etc.
