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Because Binary is the format that computer understands. All instruction between software and hardware in a computer are reduced to a simple yes or no, a state of On or Off.
Actually the USSR built an experimental research computer that operated in base 3 (trinary), each position was 0, 1, or 2 and the signals traveled on individual wires at three discrete voltages (instead of the 2 voltages used in binary). I understand it worked very well.
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∙ 11y agoThe computer uses electricity, not mechanical parts, for its data processing and storage. Electricity is plentiful, moves very fast through wires, and electrical parts fail much less frequently than mechanical parts. The computer does have some mechanical parts, like its disk drive (which are often the sources for computer failures), but the internal data processing and storage is electronic, which is fast and reliable (as long as the computer is plugged in).
Electricity can flow through switches: if the switch is closed, the electricity flows; if the switch is open, the electricity does not flow. To process real-world data in the computer, we need a way to represent the data in switches. Computers do this representation using a binary coding system.
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In what form is data stored in a computer system?
It is stored in binary, that is in the form of ones and zeroes.
Why all data stored in a computer in binary form?
Because binary (0 or 1) is the only format that the computer can understand. A transistor is either off or on. There is no other state.
What is binary form in computer?
First we have to know that "in which form data is stored on computer is logical" (may be the two stable states of a flip-flop, two positions of an electrical switch, two distinct voltage or current levels allowed by a circuit) According to computers Binary form means 0 or 1, through which data in computer is stored to represented
Numbers are stored and transmitted inside a computer in?
binary form by SaravanaUltimate
What data does the computer record?
Computers record data in the form of "bits", Binary Digits.
Is data stored in computer is in digital form?
Yes, it is.
What do bytes take the form of?
A byte (in computer terminology) is equal to 8 bits. A bit is a single binary number (0 or 1). Therefore a byte takes the form of 8 of the smallest pieces of data stored by a computer.
When talking about a computer what is data?
To us humans, data is raw facts or figures. To a computer, data means nothing since a computer is not a sentient being with intelligence but a marvelous and complex machine which is made up of billions of switches. Data is stored as a binary code, i.e. as a series of 0's and 1's. Different encoding schemes are used to decide how text, audio, graphics etc are to be stored as binary data. Data can be present in a computer in different forms. In a hard disk, data is stored in the form of orientation of particles of the magnetic material that makes the surface of its platters. In RAM modules, data is stored as the state of flip flops. One state is used to represent 1 and other one to represent 0.
What form must a program be stored in memory?
binary
What is data codes and internal representation in computer?
Data is internally represented in binary form in what we call machine language.
Is a memory address in Binary form?
memory address is stored in binary form
What is data interrogation?
A bdat file is a binary data file. It contains data that is not in the form of text. The data is encoded for the purposes of computer storage and processing.
