Binary Translator - Convert Binary to Text, Decimal, Hex, Octal

Free online binary translator to convert binary code to English text, decimal, hexadecimal, and octal. Simple and instant binary conversion.

Example: 01001000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111 → "Hello"

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📖 View Guide - Learn About Binary Translation

Binary Translator: Complete Guide to Number System Conversion

🔢 What is a Binary Translator?

A binary translator is a tool that converts binary code (sequences of 0s and 1s) into human-readable text or other number systems. This binary translator supports multiple conversion types:

Binary to Text: Convert 01001000 01101001 to "Hi"
Binary to Decimal: Convert 1010 to 10
Binary to Hex: Convert 1111 to F
Binary to Octal: Convert 101 to 5

📊 Understanding Number Formats

This binary translator supports five different number formats. Here's what each one means:

Binary (Base-2)

Uses only 0 and 1. Computers use binary to represent all data. Each 8-bit group is called a byte.

Example: 01000001 = 65 = 'A'

Decimal (Base-10)

Our everyday number system using digits 0-9. Each position represents a power of 10.

Example: 65 = 01000001 = 'A'

Octal (Base-8)

Uses digits 0-7. Common in Unix file permissions and some programming contexts.

Example: 101 = 65 = 01000001 = 'A'

Hexadecimal (Base-16)

Uses 0-9 and A-F. Each hex digit represents 4 bits, making it compact for representing binary data.

Example: 41 = 65 = 01000001 = 'A'

Text (ASCII/UTF-8)

Human-readable characters. Each character corresponds to a numeric code in the ASCII table.

Example: 'A' = 65 = 01000001

⚙️ How Binary Translation Works

The conversion process uses the ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) table as its foundation. Each character is assigned a unique 7 or 8-bit binary number.

Binary → Text

Input: 01001000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111

↓ Split into 8-bit bytes ↓

01001000 | 01100101 | 01101100 | 01101100 | 01101111

↓ Convert each byte to decimal ↓

72 | 101 | 108 | 108 | 111

↓ Look up ASCII values ↓

Result: "Hello"

Text → Binary

Input: "Hello"

↓ Get ASCII values for each character ↓

H=72 | e=101 | l=108 | l=108 | o=111

↓ Convert each decimal to 8-bit binary ↓

72→01001000 | 101→01100101 | 108→01101100 | 108→01101100 | 111→01101111

Result: 01001000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111

📝 Practical Conversion Examples

Binary to Text

01001001 00100000 01101100 01101111 01110110 01100101 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101

→ "I love you"

Text to Hex

"Hello World"

→ 48 65 6C 6C 6F 20 57 6F 72 6C 64

Binary to Decimal

1010 = 10, 1111 = 15, 10000 = 16

→ 10 15 16

Hex to Binary

48 65 6C 6C 6F

→ 01001000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111

Decimal to Octal

65 66 67

→ 101 102 103

Octal to Binary

101 102 103

→ 1000001 1000010 1000011

📊 ASCII Reference Table (0-127)

Binary	Decimal	Hex	Character
00000000	0	00	NUL
00000001	1	01	SOH
00000010	2	02	STX
00000011	3	03	ETX
00000100	4	04	EOT
00000101	5	05	ENQ
00000110	6	06	ACK
00000111	7	07	BEL
00001000	8	08	BS
00001001	9	09	HT
00001010	10	0A	LF
00001011	11	0B	VT
00001100	12	0C	FF
00001101	13	0D	CR
00001110	14	0E	SO
00001111	15	0F	SI
00010000	16	10	DLE
00010001	17	11	DC1
00010010	18	12	DC2
00010011	19	13	DC3
00010100	20	14	DC4
00010101	21	15	NAK
00010110	22	16	SYN
00010111	23	17	ETB
00011000	24	18	CAN
00011001	25	19	EM
00011010	26	1A	SUB
00011011	27	1B	ESC
00011100	28	1C	FS
00011101	29	1D	GS
00011110	30	1E	RS
00011111	31	1F	US
00100000	32	20	Space
00100001	33	21	!
00100010	34	22	"
00100011	35	23	#
00100100	36	24	$
00100101	37	25	%
00100110	38	26	&
00100111	39	27	'
00101000	40	28	(
00101001	41	29	)
00101010	42	2A	*
00101011	43	2B	+
00101100	44	2C	,
00101101	45	2D	-
00101110	46	2E	.
00101111	47	2F	/
00110000	48	30	0
00110001	49	31	1
00110010	50	32	2
00110011	51	33	3
00110100	52	34	4
00110101	53	35	5
00110110	54	36	6
00110111	55	37	7
00111000	56	38	8
00111001	57	39	9
00111010	58	3A	:
00111011	59	3B	;
00111100	60	3C	<
00111101	61	3D	=
00111110	62	3E	>
00111111	63	3F	?
01000000	64	40	@
01000001	65	41	A
01000010	66	42	B
01000011	67	43	C
01000100	68	44	D
01000101	69	45	E
01000110	70	46	F
01000111	71	47	G
01001000	72	48	H
01001001	73	49	I
01001010	74	4A	J
01001011	75	4B	K
01001100	76	4C	L
01001101	77	4D	M
01001110	78	4E	N
01001111	79	4F	O
01010000	80	50	P
01010001	81	51	Q
01010010	82	52	R
01010011	83	53	S
01010100	84	54	T
01010101	85	55	U
01010110	86	56	V
01010111	87	57	W
01011000	88	58	X
01011001	89	59	Y
01011010	90	5A	Z
01011011	91	5B	[
01011100	92	5C	\
01011101	93	5D	]
01011110	94	5E	^
01011111	95	5F	_
01100000	96	60	`
01100001	97	61	a
01100010	98	62	b
01100011	99	63	c
01100100	100	64	d
01100101	101	65	e
01100110	102	66	f
01100111	103	67	g
01101000	104	68	h
01101001	105	69	i
01101010	106	6A	j
01101011	107	6B	k
01101100	108	6C	l
01101101	109	6D	m
01101110	110	6E	n
01101111	111	6F	o
01110000	112	70	p
01110001	113	71	q
01110010	114	72	r
01110011	115	73	s
01110100	116	74	t
01110101	117	75	u
01110110	118	76	v
01110111	119	77	w
01111000	120	78	x
01111001	121	79	y
01111010	122	7A	z
01111011	123	7B	{
01111100	124	7C	\|
01111101	125	7D	}
01111110	126	7E	~
01111111	127	7F	DEL