Using all numbers and all letters except I and O the smallest base where 1 / 2 terminates and all of 1 / 2 to 1 / 18 have periods of 4 or shorter.
#Different types of numbers in different languages registration
Use of letters (except I, O, Q) with digits in vehicle registration plates of Hong Kong. The Natural Area Code, this is the smallest base such that all of 1 / 2 to 1 / 6 terminate, a number n is a regular number if and only if 1 / n terminates in base 30. Mapping the nonzero digits to the alphabet and zero to the space is occasionally used to provide checksums for alphabetic data such as personal names, to provide a concise encoding of alphabetic strings, or as the basis for a form of gematria. Kalam language, Kobon language Ģ4-hour clock timekeeping Kaugel language.īase26 encoding sometimes used for encryption or ciphering, using all letters in the English alphabet Telephony routing over IP, and the Huli language.īase16 encoding compact notation for binary data tonal system ounce and pound.īase18 encoding a base such that 7 n is palindromic for n = 3, 4, 6, 9.īasque, Celtic, Maya, Muisca, Inuit, Yoruba, Tlingit, and Dzongkha numerals Santali, and Ainu languages shilling and poundīase21 encoding also the smallest base where all of 1 / 2 to 1 / 18 have periods of 4 or shorter. Programming for the HP 9100A/B calculator and image processing applications pound and stone. Languages in the Nigerian Middle Belt Janji, Gbiri-Niragu, Piti, and the Nimbia dialect of Gwandara Chepang language of Nepal, and the Mahl dialect of Maldivian dozen- gross-great gross counting 12-hour clock and months timekeeping years of Chinese zodiac foot and inch Roman fractions penny and shillingīase13 encoding Conway base 13 function. Used as a check digit in ISBN for 10-digit ISBNs. Briefly proposed during the French Revolution to settle a dispute between those proposing a shift to duodecimal and those who were content with decimal. Most widely used by modern civilizations Ī base-11 number system was attributed to the Māori ( New Zealand) in the 19th century and the Pangwa ( Tanzania) in the 20th century. Weeks timekeeping, Western music letter notationĬharles XII of Sweden, Unix-like permissions, Squawk codes, DEC PDP-11, compact notation for binary numbers, Xiantian ( I Ching, China)īase9 encoding compact notation for ternary tally marksĭiceware, Ndom, Kanum, and Proto-Uralic language (suspected) Gumatj, Ateso, Nunggubuyu, Kuurn Kopan Noot, and Saraveca languages common count grouping e.g. Baseĭigital computing, imperial and customary volume ( bushel- kenning- peck- gallon-pottle- quart- pint- cup- gill-jack- fluid ounce- tablespoon)Ĭantor set (all points in that can be represented in ternary with no 1s) counting Tasbih in Islam hand-foot-yard and teaspoon-tablespoon-shot measurement systems most economical integer baseĭata transmission, DNA bases and Hilbert curves Chumashan languages, and Kharosthi numerals There have been some proposals for standardisation. The common names are derived somewhat arbitrarily from a mix of Latin and Greek, in some cases including roots from both languages within a single name.
In this clock, each column of LEDs shows a binary-coded decimal numeral of the traditional sexagesimal time. Standard positional numeral systems Ī binary clock might use LEDs to express binary values. Numeral systems are classified here as to whether they use positional notation (also known as place-value notation), and further categorized by radix or base.