101100011

101100011 is a nine-digit binary numeral. In base-2, it represents a single integer and is commonly used in discussions of binary arithmetic and digital encoding. When interpreted as an unsigned binary number, its decimal value is 355. The value is obtained by summing the powers of two corresponding to the set bits: 2^8 + 2^6 + 2^5 + 2^1 + 2^0 = 256 + 64 + 32 + 2 + 1 = 355.

Binary strings of this length are sometimes used as examples in teaching materials or in the design of small-scale digital systems. If interpreted as a signed value in a 9-bit two's-complement representation, 101100011 corresponds to -157 (since the unsigned value 355 minus 512). In 9-bit sign-magnitude representation, the most significant bit signifies a negative sign and the remaining eight bits form the magnitude 01100011, which is 99; thus the sign-magnitude value would be -99.

Modern computer architectures predominantly use 8- or 16-bit bytes, making 9-bit values uncommon in mainstream systems, but 9-bit fields appear in certain educational examples, historical machines, or specialized protocols (for example, parity-enabled data frames in some serial communications). The string 101100011 thus serves as a compact illustration of how a single bit pattern can encode different values under different numerical representations.