Octal

A base-8 number system commonly used to represent binary numbers and other numbers in a shorter form. Below is a basic chart of how a binary number is converted to an octal number.

Binary11111111
Octal+200+100+40+20+10+4+2+1

Below are some binary examples and their octal equivalents.

10001111 = 217
10101111 = 257
11010100 = 324

  • Additional information and examples of Binary and conversions can be found here.

Also see: Base, Binary, Decimal, Hexadecimal, Octet