Binary to Decimal

Mathematics is perhaps the only universal language, and its principles are based upon inherent truths. Regardless of language or written character representation, 1+1 is always equal 2. Mankind may have created the numerals or symbols by which mathematical concepts are expressed however, mankind did not create math. This chapter describes development of two‐state world from binary to decimal and back again, gaining a deeper understanding of the math behind the forensics and how knowledge of the math is essential in understanding even the most basic cyber forensic investigation. Binary is the mathematical encoding method by which data is sent electronically. Humans prefer a symbol or character encoding paradigm. It is therefore necessary to connect the dots and convert binary to human character sets.