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Programming Patch Secret
![Programming merit badge](http://boyscouttrail.com/i/boyscout/meritbadges/programming.gif)
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But, if you have an old school programming degree ( like me :-) ), you would recognize that the image is actually three highlighted strings of 1s and 0s - that's Binary code and each digit is called a BIT.
There are eight digits in each of the three highlighted lines - 8 bits make a BYTE.
Looking up the three BYTES in this chart, shows them to be the ASCII codes for B - S - A
Now, I thought that was pretty clever and could be a fun tidbit to start out with when counseling for this badge.
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Oh, I bought the Programming merit badge pamphlet at the shop since I hope to counsel for this one, and on page 14, there is more info about this visually plain but thoughtfully done patch.
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Posted: 13:44 10-02-2013 1067
Comments:
Oct 02, 2013 - Leigh S
Have you found the typo? It is in one of the code sample pictures.
Oct 02, 2013 - Eric
The matrix is all around us...
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