Balanced bace-27 (BB27) is used in vulpithecine computing in a similar manner to hexadecimal. Yinrih computers are based on balanced ternary instead of binary, where each digit can represent -1 (written T), 0, or 1. Balanced base-27 uses 27 digits which can represent the decimal range -13 to +13. The Yinrih Internetworking Protocol (YIP) uses BB27 to represent YIP addresses.
The table below is a human-friendly version of what yinrih actually use. Yinrih numerals are written with the highest-order digit to the right, since yinrih write right to left.
For everyday use, yinrih use either base-12 or base-24.
| Balanced Ternary |
Decimal |
Balanced Base-27 |
| TTT |
-13 |
q |
| TT0 |
-12 |
p |
| TT1 |
-11 |
n |
| T0T |
-10 |
m |
| T00 |
-9 |
l |
| T01 |
-8 |
k |
| T1T |
-7 |
j |
| T10 |
-6 |
h |
| T11 |
-5 |
g |
| 0TT |
-4 |
f |
| 0T0 |
-3 |
d |
| 0T1 |
-2 |
c |
| 00T |
-1 |
b |
| 000 |
0 |
0 |
| 001 |
1 |
B |
| 01T |
2 |
C |
| 010 |
3 |
D |
| 011 |
4 |
F |
| 1TT |
5 |
G |
| 1T0 |
6 |
H |
| 1T1 |
7 |
J |
| 10T |
8 |
K |
| 100 |
9 |
L |
| 101 |
10 |
M |
| 11T |
11 |
N |
| 110 |
12 |
P |
| 111 |
13 |
Q |
Indeed. The link layer protocol used over FTL links is called (by humans) Yinrih Ansible Protocol (YAP).