Number of Bit Patterns Simulation
written by Teresa Carrigan
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WHAT IS IT?
This model demonstrates the different bit patterns that can be made with a fixed number of bits. This will be useful when we make truth tables (to tell us how many rows we will need), in determining the number of bits needed to address a main memory of a given size, and in the discussion of character codes.
HOW IT WORKS
A random number of bits is generated, from one to ten. The first bit pattern is always that many zeroes. The bit patterns now simply count in binary, stopping with a bit pattern that is all ones.
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