Numeric and counting systems

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==Number systems==
 
==Number systems==
 
===Position based===
 
===Position based===
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* [[Bengali numerals]]
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* [[Devanagari numerals]]
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* [[Gujarati numerals]]
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* [[Gurmukhi numerals]]
 
* [[Hindu-Arabic numerals]]
 
* [[Hindu-Arabic numerals]]
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* [[Kannada numerals]]
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* [[Kayah numerals]]
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* [[Khmer numerals]]
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* [[Lao numerals]]
 
* [[Malayalam numerals]]
 
* [[Malayalam numerals]]
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* [[Myanmar numerals]]
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* [[Nko numerals]]
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* [[Oriya numerals]]
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* [[Osmanya numerals]]
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* [[Tamil numerals]]
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* [[Telugu numerals]]
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* [[Thai numerals]]
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* [[Tibetan numerals]]
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* [[Vai numerals]]
  
 
===Positionless===
 
===Positionless===
 
* [[Cyrillic numerals]]
 
* [[Cyrillic numerals]]
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* [[Ethiopic numerals]] (positioned?)
 
* [[Hangzhou numerals]]
 
* [[Hangzhou numerals]]
 
* [[Hebrew numerals]]
 
* [[Hebrew numerals]]
 
* [[Roman numerals]]
 
* [[Roman numerals]]
  
==Counting systems==
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==Bases==
* [[binary]]
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{| class='wikitable'
* [[octal]]
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! Name !! Base !! Remarks
* [[decimal]]
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* [[dozenal]]
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| [[Base2|binary]] || 2
* [[hexadecimal]]
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|-
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| [[octal base|octal]] || 8
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|-
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| [[decimal base|decimal]] || 10
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|-
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| [[dozenal base|dozenal]] || 12
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|-
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| [[hexadecimal base|hexadecimal]] || 16 || See also [[Hex encoding]].
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|-
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| [[vigesimal base|vigesimal]] || 20
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|}
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* [[multibase encoding]]
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* [[systematic symbols]]
  
 
==Number classes==
 
==Number classes==
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* [[whole number]]
 
* [[whole number]]
 
* [[real number]]
 
* [[real number]]
* [[transedental number]]
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* [[transcendental number]]
 
* [[fraction]]
 
* [[fraction]]
 
* [[imaginary number]]
 
* [[imaginary number]]
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==Types of infinity==
 
==Types of infinity==
 
* [[Aleph number]]
 
* [[Aleph number]]
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Methods of digitally encoding numeric values can be found in [[Elements of File Formats]].
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[[Category:Number formats]]

Latest revision as of 15:36, 16 September 2017

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[edit] Number systems

[edit] Position based

[edit] Positionless

[edit] Bases

Name Base Remarks
binary 2
octal 8
decimal 10
dozenal 12
hexadecimal 16 See also Hex encoding.
vigesimal 20

[edit] Number classes

[edit] Types of infinity

Methods of digitally encoding numeric values can be found in Elements of File Formats.

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