0b11111010

0b11111010 is a binary representation of a number. In the binary numeral system, numbers are expressed using only two digits, 0 and 1. This specific sequence, 11111010, can be converted to other number systems.

To convert 0b11111010 to decimal (base-10), we assign positional weights. Starting from the rightmost digit as position 0, each position's value is 2 raised to the power of its position. So, for 11111010, the calculation is:

(1 * 2^7) + (1 * 2^6) + (1 * 2^5) + (1 * 2^4) + (1 * 2^3) + (0 * 2^2) + (1 * 2^1) + (0 * 2^0)

= 128 + 64 + 32 + 16 + 8 + 0 + 2 + 0

= 250

Therefore, 0b11111010 is equivalent to the decimal number 250.

In hexadecimal (base-16), each digit represents 4 binary digits. The binary number 11111010 can be split into two groups: 1111 and 1010. 1111 in binary is F in hexadecimal, and 1010 in binary is A in hexadecimal. Thus, 0b11111010 is represented as FA in hexadecimal. This binary string is commonly encountered in computer science and digital electronics, where binary is the fundamental language of computation.