Preface xxi 1 Number Systems 1 1.1 Analogue Versus Digital 1 1.2 Introduction to Number Systems 2 1.3 Decimal Number System 2 1.4 Binary Number System 3 1.4.1 Advantages 3 1.5 Octal Number System 4 1.6 Hexadecimal Number System 4 1.7 Number Systems
CONTENTS Contents v Preface to the Second Edition xv Preface to the First Edition xvii Acknowledgments for the Second Edition xxi Acknowledgments for the First Edition xxiii 1 Introduction and Preview 1.1 Preview of the Book 2 Entropy, Relative Entr