Binary Translator

Binary is the base-2 number system used by computers — everything stored in a computer is ultimately represented as sequences of 0s and 1s. Our binary translator converts text to its binary representation using standard ASCII encoding.

Each character (letter, digit, or symbol) becomes an 8-bit binary number (also called a byte). For example, the letter 'H' is represented as 01001000 in binary. Capital letters and lowercase letters have different binary values, as do numbers and punctuation.

To use: type text to get binary, or paste binary (with spaces between each 8-bit group) to decode it back to readable text. The converter handles ASCII characters — standard English text, numbers, and common symbols.

Fun fact: The word "Hello" in binary is 01001000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111. Computers process text exactly like this at the lowest level — every message, email, and webpage is stored and transmitted as binary.