nPostednon September 12, 2016
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nTodaynis the 256th day of the year.
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Andnthat makes it the Day of the Programmer! On most years, this holidaynfalls on September 13, but in Leap Years like this one, the holidaynmoves to September 12.
Andnthat makes it the Day of the Programmer! On most years, this holidaynfalls on September 13, but in Leap Years like this one, the holidaynmoves to September 12.n
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nNow,nwhy would be celebrating programmers on the 256th day ofnthe year?
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nIt’s because 256 is hexadecimal for 100. It is the numbernof different values that can be represented with an eight-bit byte (anbyte is a unit of memory size for computers and other electronicndevices), and so it is a number that is very well known tonprogrammers. n
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Innbinary code, 256 looks like this: 1111 1111
Innbinary code, 256 looks like this: 1111 1111n
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n(You can imagine all the other numbers that lead up to 1111 1111 – just substitute a zero for one or more of the ones.)
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nWenusually use base 10 numbers – which as you know has nine numeralsnplus zero.
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nBase 2 numbers (also called “binary code”) has justnone numeral plus zero.
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nAnd hexadecimal (also called “hex”) isnbase 16. It has 15 “numerals” or symbols, usually 1 through 9nplus the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F plus zero.
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nHerenare a few resources to help you celebrate programmers on their day:
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Computer terms for kidsn
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nBinary, Decimal, and Hexadecimal Numbers – for kids
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nTynkern –n learn to code and mod Minecraft
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nCode-dot-orgn – anyone can learn!
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nAlsonon this date:
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Anniversary of a cave discovery
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nPhysicistnIrene Joliot-Curie’s birthday
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UnitednNations Day for South-South Cooperation
UnitednNations Day for South-South Cooperationn
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nNationalnVideo Games Day
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nAnniversarynof JFK’s “space speech” and other space stuff
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nCapenVerde’s National Day
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nPlannahead:
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Checknout my Pinterest boards for:
Checknout my Pinterest boards for:
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