Fifteen Afghan farmers with creased, leathery faces sit in the meeting hall. Sharifullah, who also gives only one name, says that in addition to corn, cotton, and potatoes, they also grow opium, which the farmers don't hesitate to admit in front of government officials.
Base (numbers). more ... Definition 1: The number that is going to be raised to a power. Example: in 82, 8 is the base Definition 2: How many numbers used in a number system The decimal number system that we use every day has 10 digits {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9} and so it is Base-10. Binary digits can only be 0 or 1, so they are Base-2.
The base can be, but is not always, the bottom part of the figure. The number that is raised to various powers to generate the principal counting units of a number system. The base of the decimal system, for example, is 10. The number that is raised to a particular power in a given mathematical expression.