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--- 1. Introduction Number systems form the fundamental backbone of digital electronics, enabling the representation, manipulation, and processing of information in electronic devices. Digital circuits rely primarily on discrete values, commonly in binary (base-2), to encode all forms of data including numeric values, characters, instructions, and signals. Mastery of multiple number systems, conversion techniques, signed number representation, and coding schemes is essential for understanding how digital systems operate internally and communicate externally. This comprehensive exposition presents the main number systems, their conversion methods, signed representations, binary codes, advantages, disadvantages, applications, and future perspectives in digital electronics. --- 2. Number Systems in Digital Electronics Number systems in digital electronics are means to represent quantities and information using discrete symbols or digits, with each system defined by its base or radix. 2.1