Text to Binary Converter

About Text to Binary Converter

Binary is a computer language that uses only two symbols, typically 0s and 1s. The word binary is derived from the Latin bis (two) and onus (weight). Binary is the most commonly used format in computing, with almost all modern computers using binary internally. Binary also has many other applications and can be used in other areas such as electronics engineering or mathematical operations.

Text to Binary is a free online tool that is designed to translate text into binary code. It’s a simple and easy-to-use yet effective tool that you can use to convert your text into binary code. Computers store all characters and words as numbers in their language. This language is the Binary language. Binary uses 0 and 1 as its way to understand and code the characters and words. So, the idea behind Text to Binary is that it turns text files into binary files which are much easier to read and understand. This technology can be used for many purposes such as data storage, compression, and encryption.

How to Use Text to Binary Converter Tool?

Using this tool is easy. That is because of its clear and clean interface and the methodology it uses. To use this tool write or paste your text inside the toolbox. Next, click Convert.

1. Copy the text that you want to convert to binary.
2. Paste or type your text into the Text to Binary toolbox.
3. Click Convert to convert your text to a binary code.
4. Edit your text and click Convert again to convert your edited text to a binary code.
5. Copy your generated binary code and paste it into your code file.

Features of Text to Binary Tool

• Ease of Use: Our text-to-binary converter is easy to use and it is a great tool for converting text into binary. It has an easy-to-use interface and can be used by anyone.
• 100% Free: Our text-to-binary converter is free and it's available for all types of data collection. You can use it for personal or commercial purposes for free.
• Instant Conversion: Our Text-to-binary converter is fast and can convert text into binary code in seconds. This makes it a perfect tool for developers and programmers.
• Accuracy: Our Text to Binary converter is accurate. All developers using this tool ensure that it's the best tool ever when it comes it accuracy.

How Text-to-Binary Conversion Works

The first step involves using a character encoding standard, like ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) or Unicode. These standards assign a unique number to each character. For example, in ASCII, the character 'A' is represented by the number 65.

The number corresponding to each character is then converted into binary format. Binary code is a series of 0s and 1s, which are the basic language of computers. In our example, the number 65 (representing 'A') is converted to 01000001 in binary.

Every character, including letters, numbers, and symbols, is converted in this way. For more comprehensive character sets, such as those including non-English characters or emojis, a more complex standard like Unicode is used, which has a larger range of numbers to accommodate more characters.

The binary codes for individual characters are then strung together to form the binary representation of the entire text. This string of binary digits is what is stored or processed by the computer.

Example:

Let's take the word "Cat":

• 'C' in ASCII is 67, which is 01000011 in binary.
• 'a' in ASCII is 97, which is 01100001 in binary.
• 't' in ASCII is 116, which is 01110100 in binary.

So, "Cat" in binary is 01000011 01100001 01110100.

This conversion process is fundamental in computing and digital communication, as it allows computers to process and store text in a format they can understand and manipulate.

Here are a few examples of text and their binary equivalents (using ASCII encoding):

• "Hello" becomes "01001000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111"
• "ABC" becomes "01000001 01000010 01000011"
• "123" becomes "00110001 00110010 00110011"

These examples showcase how each character is individually converted into a unique binary sequence, which when combined, represents the entire string of text in binary format.

Why Convert Text to Binary?

1. It helps in understanding how computers process text.
2. It's a useful tool for those learning about computer science and data encoding.
3. Programmers might use it to test how their code handles text data.
4. It's a basic form of data encoding, useful in various computer applications.

Text to Binary Examples:

Here are some examples to fully understand how the Binary system works:

Example 1: Wow!

Notice that the first letter in the "Wow" word is in upper case, there is an exclamation mark, and the rest are in lower case.

In the ASCII table of these examples, the capital letter "W" is assigned to the decimal number 87, the "o" letter is assigned to 111, the "w" letter to 119, and the exclamation mark is to 33.

Here is how the Binary converter works for the "Wow" example:

For W:
87 = 64 + 16 + 4 + 2 + 1
27 	26 	25 	24 	23 	22 	21 	20
128 	64 	32 	16 	8 	4	 2 	1
0 	1 	0 	1 	0 	1 	1 	1

For o:
111 = 64 + 32 + 8 + 4 + 2 +1
128	64	32	16	8	4	2	1
0	1 	1 	0 	1 	1 	1 	1

For w:
119 = 64 + 32 + 16 + 4 + 2 + 1
128	64	32	16	8	4	2	1
0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1

For !:
33 = 32 + 1
128	64	32	16	8	4	2	1
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1

Therefore, the word Wow! is converted to binary as follows: 01010111 01101111 01110111 00100001

Example 2: Love

The first letter in the "Love" word is in upper case and the rest are in lower case.

In the ASCII table below these examples, the capital letter "L" is assigned to the decimal number 76, the "o" letter is assigned to 111, the "v" letter to 118, and the "e" letter to 101

Here is how the Binary converter works for the "Love" example:

For L:
76 = 64 + 8 + 4
128	64	32	16	8	4	2	1
0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0

For o:
111 = 64 + 32 + 8 + 4 + 2 +1
128	64	32	16	8	4	2	1
0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1

For v:
118 = 64 + 32 + 16 + 4 + 2
128	64	32	16	8	4	2	1
0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0

For e:
101 = 64 + 32 + 4 + 1
128	64	32	16	8	4	2	1
0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1

Therefore, the word Love is converted to binary as follows: 01001100 01101111 01110110 01100101

Text to Binary Conversion Table

ASCII	Hexadecimal	Binary
Space	20	00100000
!	21	00100001
"	22	00100010
#	23	00100011
$	24	00100100
%	25	00100101
&	26	00100110
'	27	00100111
(	28	00101000
)	29	00101001
*	2A	00101010
+	2B	00101011
,	2C	00101100
-	2D	00101101
.	2E	00101110
/	2F	00101111
0	30	00110000
1	31	00110001
2	32	00110010
3	33	00110011
4	34	00110100
5	35	00110101
6	36	00110110
7	37	00110111
8	38	00111000
9	39	00111001
:	3A	00111010
;	3B	00111011
<	3C	00111100
=	3D	00111101
>	3E	00111110
?	3F	00111111
@	40	01000000
A	41	01000001
B	42	01000010
C	43	01000011
D	44	01000100
E	45	01000101
F	46	01000110
G	47	01000111
H	48	01001000
I	49	01001001
J	4A	01001010
K	4B	01001011
L	4C	01001100
M	4D	01001101
N	4E	01001110
O	4F	01001111
P	50	01010000
Q	51	01010001
R	52	01010010
S	53	01010011
T	54	01010100
U	55	01010101
V	56	01010110
W	57	01010111
X	58	01011000
Y	59	01011001
Z	5A	01011010
[	5B	01011011
\	5C	01011100
]	5D	01011101
^	5E	01011110
_	5F	01011111
`	60	01100000
a	61	01100001
b	62	01100010
c	63	01100011
d	64	01100100
e	65	01100101
f	66	01100110
g	67	01100111
h	68	01101000
i	69	01101001
j	6A	01101010
k	6B	01101011
l	6C	01101100
m	6D	01101101
n	6E	01101110
o	6F	01101111
p	70	01110000
q	71	01110001
r	72	01110010
s	73	01110011
t	74	01110100
u	75	01110101
v	76	01110110
w	77	01110111
x	78	01111000
y	79	01111001
z	7A	01111010
{	7B	01111011
|	7C	01111100
}	7D	01111101
~	7E	01111110
DEL	7F	01111111