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Finger binary
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<p>Finger binary is a system for <a href="/facts/Finger_counting/HtcMvwDx">counting</a> and displaying <a href="/facts/Binary_numeral_system/a6JDSRPs">binary numbers</a> on the <a href="/facts/Finger/v2gDEpbp">fingers</a> of either or both <a href="/facts/Hand/0yhW6deV">hands</a>. Each finger represents one binary digit or <a href="/facts/Bit/S972NSaD">bit</a>. This allows counting from zero to 31 using the fingers of one hand, or 1023 using both: that is, up to 25−1 or 210−1 respectively. </p><p>Modern computers typically store values as some whole number of 8-<a href="/facts/Bit/S972NSaD">bit</a> <a href="/facts/Byte/BNHUp9Qq">bytes</a>, making the fingers of both hands together equivalent to 1¼ bytes of storage—in contrast to less than half a byte when using ten fingers to count up to 10. </p>