Base 2: 01000001 ==> 65 ==> 'A' ASCII -- 1 byte Unicode -- 2 bytes new data type: char c = 'A'; order of operations (highest precedence to lowest): -- parentheses (from innermost to outermost) -- exponents -- unary - or + -- * / % -- + - -- comparison operators == != > >= < <= -- && (and) -- || (or)