11011100

11011100 is an eight-bit binary numeral. In binary it represents the unsigned value 11011100, which equals 220 in decimal. In hexadecimal, the same byte is DC.

If interpreted as an eight-bit signed value using two's complement, 11011100 represents -36 (since 0xDC equals 220, and 220 minus 256 equals -36).

In data contexts, 11011100 often appears as a raw byte within streams or memory. Its meaning depends on the surrounding protocol or data format, such as a component of a color channel, a flag, or part of a larger data structure. As a single byte, it can hold any value from 0 to 255 when treated as unsigned.

Character encoding considerations show that 0xDC does not correspond to a standard ASCII character. In ISO/IEC 8859-1 (Latin-1) or Unicode, the code point U+00DC is the capital letter U with diaeresis (Ü). In UTF-8, the Unicode code point U+00DC is encoded as the two-byte sequence C3 9C, so the single byte 0xDC is not a standalone UTF-8 character.

Bit-pattern properties note that 11011100 contains five 1 bits and three 0 bits, a configuration sometimes used in testing, error detection, or hardware bit-mancing scenarios to verify correct handling of bit-level operations and masking.