How come the number 255 is the maximum number used in computers & probably even more
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255 is the maximum 8 bit value because that is as high as you can count in binary using 8 1s and 0s. Eg 255 in binary == 11111111
We get around this by allowing computers to store 32, 64,128, 256 bit numbers. Max value on higher bit numbers is on into the hundreds of millions
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