0100101

0100101 is a sequence of seven binary digits. In base-2, it encodes the unsigned integer 37. In hexadecimal this value is 0x25. When padded to eight bits for byte-oriented encoding, it becomes 00100101, which corresponds to the ASCII code for the percent sign (%) in common ASCII variants.

In computing, seven-bit patterns like 0100101 may appear in older character sets, compact encodings, or educational examples illustrating binary counting. Modern systems typically store data in eight-bit bytes, so such patterns are commonly represented as 8-bit sequences or within larger word-sized fields.

Relation to URL encoding is one practical reference point. The percent character (%) is used in URLs to introduce hexadecimal byte values. Since 37 decimal equals 0x25, the 8-bit pattern 00100101 encodes the same character as %, making 0100101 a compact representation of that value in a seven-bit form when context uses seven-bit ASCII.

Other uses: as a generic binary value, 0100101 can function as a data word in a protocol, a test pattern in documentation, or a teaching example for binary arithmetic. It has no widely recognized meaning beyond its numerical value unless given a specific context.