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.
A base can be any whole number bigger than 0 (smaller than the number. For instance, means 23 in base 8 (which is equal to 19 in base 10). Most people think that we most often use base 10 because we have 10 fingers.