Binary Translator

Convert text to binary code and binary code back to text instantly. Binary is the base-2 number system that computers use to store and process all data. Each character is encoded as an 8-bit binary number. Type below to convert — results update in real time.

Input Text
Binary Output
01001000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111

Frequently Asked Questions

What is binary?

Binary is a base-2 number system that uses only two digits: 0 and 1. It is the fundamental language of computers — every piece of data stored or processed by a computer is ultimately represented in binary.

How does text-to-binary conversion work?

Each text character has a numeric code (ASCII/Unicode). The converter takes each character's code and converts it to its 8-bit binary representation. For example, 'A' is ASCII code 65, which is 01000001 in binary.

What is ASCII?

ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is a character encoding standard that assigns numeric values to letters, digits, and symbols. For example, 'A' = 65, 'a' = 97, '0' = 48. It covers 128 characters including control codes.