What Is the Binary Translator?
Binary translator is a translator for every base you're likely to need. It allows you to convert from binary to whatever, even including binary to Morse or Morse to binary.
How to Use the Binary Translator
- Choose your formats - left select box = from, right select box = to.
- Type, paste, or upload your data into the input box.
- The result updates instantly in the output box. You don't need to do anything to convert binary code or any other format.
- Copy or download the output with one click.
- Clear either box with the eraser icon and start fresh.
Why These Formats?
| Encoding | Where it shows up (and why you care) |
|---|---|
| Binary | Low-level data, bit flags, digital signals |
| Decimal | ASCII codes, protocol specs, byte counts |
| Octal | Classic UNIX permissions, compact binary view |
| Hexadecimal | Color codes, machine code, memory dumps |
| Morse code | Aviation, amateur radio, survival signaling |
| Text | The stuff we humans actually read |
Is Morse Code Binary?
Morse code is not a binary code; it’s a variable-length telegraphy system that uses a combination of long and short pulses, dashes (-) and dots (.), plus spacing to encode characters.
- A dot is an electric (or audio) pulse lasting one unit of time.
- A dash lasts three units.
- Specific time gaps separate dots/dashes within a letter, letters within a
- word, and words within a message.
Those gaps act as a third symbol, so Morse effectively uses three symbols, not two.
Binary encoding, on the other hand, sticks to exactly two symbols (0 and 1). Each bit in a binary string represents one node in a binary tree, so the entire system is strictly two-symbol by design.
Examples
| From → To | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
| Text → Binary | Hi | 01001000 01101001 |
| Binary → Decimal | 01000001 | 65 |
| Octal → Hex | 110 145 | 48 65 |
| Morse → Text | ... --- ... | SOS |