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Electricity (and magnetism) is a rather binary thing to handle. You have things like on or off, positive or negative, north or south, or whatever. The easiest way to build a computer or any computer-like device is to work with these polar properties of electromagnetics. As long as it's understood that one state means a 1 and the opposite state means a 0, one can build a system that can interpret those 1's and 0's as you need to get the job done. Amazingly, if you can juggle around 1's and 0's, you can actually juggle around vastly more complex information: just so long as you know how to translate and interpret everything between the computer and yourself. For more information on the basis for this kind of logic, try looking up a Turing Machine.
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∙ 13y agoBinary is a set of instructions used to control the computer, and works from 1's and 0's, but the computer understands them as on or off signals.
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How many bytes are in a binary code?
There is no real answer to this. Binary codes can be any length. The minimum length is 1 byte.
What are weighted binary codes?
It is that type of binary code where weights are assigned to each symbol position in the code word.
What is the advantages of binary digits over the decimal?
Computers do not understand decimal notation. All information (both instructions and data) must be converted to a binary representation before the machine can understand it. We use the symbols 0 and 1 (binary notation) but the machine has a variety of physical representations it can use to encode binary data, including transistors, flux transitions, on/off switches and so on.
What are different types of binary code?
BCD codes,gray code,error detecting code,ASCII character code,Excess 3 code
7 Why is binary code suitable for use with computers?
Binary is well suited for computers because it only needs two symbols to represent numbers a 1 and a 0. In a computer a circuit can be in 2 states on and off hence in the simplest implementation"on" represents a 1 and "off" a 0.
Why do computers use the decimal system?
Computers use a binary system, not decimal.
Do The earliest mainframe used the binary language?
All computers use binary.
What Numbers that computers use to store and process data?
BINARY
Where in the world uses the binary systems?
Everywhere. All computers use binary systems.
How computers use binary codes?
Computers have zero IQ. Computer can understand or feel "High voltage" or "Low voltage" or you can say, on and off. Computers use '0' for low voltage and '1' for high voltage. by using the conbinations of '0' and '1' all numbers and characters are classified. for example- if you have to write 'A', It is represented in ASCII code assigned to it and then converted to binary, hence use it.
What machine uses binary logic to process information?
Computers use binary logic to process information.
What is the purpose of binary codes?
A Binary code is a way of representing text or computer processor instructions by the use of the binary number system's two-binary digits 0 and 1.So the purpose of binary code is to issue human readable code, changed to machine code (binary) that the computer understands and can execute the instructions.
Are modern computers binary machines?
ALL computers are binary machines !
What is the term for the numerical system of ones and zeros that computers use?
binary
Do computers use the decimal number system to store data?
No, they use the binary system
Why do computers process binary numbers?
Computers use the binary system because, electrically, it is the simplest system to use. With the binary system, there are only two types of electrical states: on and off. With other systems, there would have to be different voltages that signify different numbers.
Why no websites tell us why binary is invented?
Binary system is invented to allow its use for computers where "on" is for one and "off" is for zero. So, numbers could be easily identified by the computers.
