Octal

A base-8 number system commonly used to represent binary numbers and other numbers in a shorter form. Below is a basic chart of how a binary number is converted to an octal number.

Binary	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Octal	+200	+100	+40	+20	+10	+4	+2	+1

Below are some binary examples and their octal equivalents.

10001111 = 217
10101111 = 257
11010100 = 324

Also see: Binary, Decimal, Hexadecimal, Octet

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