00100100

00100100 is an eight-bit binary numeral. Interpreted as a binary value, it equals 36 in decimal and 0x24 in hexadecimal. In common character encoding schemes, the byte 00100100 corresponds to the dollar sign character '$' in ASCII and Unicode (U+0024).

In computing and text handling, the dollar sign is a widely used symbol with several practical roles. It denotes currency in many contexts and also serves as a metacharacter in various programming and scripting environments. For example, in Unix-like shells, a leading dollar sign is used to reference or expand variables (such as $VAR). In regular expressions, the dollar sign anchors the end of a line. In some programming languages, the character appears in identifiers or is used in string interpolation and templating in languages such as PHP or shell-related tooling.

From a data-encoding perspective, 00100100 as a binary pattern is part of the broader set of eight-bit ASCII representations. It illustrates how a simple binary sequence maps to a printable character in widely used encodings, and it is often encountered in educational materials that demonstrate binary-to-text relationships and character encoding concepts.

In Unicode, the dollar sign is defined as code point U+0024, and the ASCII and UTF-8 representations are compatible for the standard ASCII range.