Overview
Binary is the base-2 representation used by digital systems. Instead of decimal digits from 0 to 9, binary uses only 0 and 1; groups of bits can represent numbers, characters, bytes, instructions, or structured fields depending on how the data is interpreted.
The goal is to build comfort with the lowest-level representation learners commonly encounter in cryptanalysis and digital forensics. A binary sequence is rarely meaningful on its own; the analyst has to decide how to group it and which representation to convert it into.
In this lab, you practice grouping bits, converting between representations, and recognizing when binary data is simply encoded information waiting to be interpreted.
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