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Binary to Octal Converter

Convert binary numbers to octal instantly, with the working shown.

To convert binary to octal, enter your value above and the result appears as you type. 11111111 in binary is 377 in octal. Conversion uses arbitrary-precision integers, so very large values do not lose their low digits the way floating-point arithmetic would.

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About converting BINARY to OCTAL

Binary is base 2 — each digit is one bit, so eight digits make a byte. Octal is base 8 and groups bits in threes. It survives mainly in Unix file permissions, where 755 means three sets of read/write/execute bits. As a worked example, 11111111 equals 255 in decimal and therefore 377 in octal.

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