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Computers use the binary system as instructions for the computer's processor.

This is a way of representing text for the computer.

The binary system contains only two values: zero and one. Electronic systems have been designed so that a signal being "off" means zero and a signal being "on" means one. There are three basic binary functions in electronics: invert, difference and shift. All computing is accomplished by various combinations of these functions.

For example, the number 5 in binary is 0101 (one plus four). To multiply by two you would simply shift left to get 1010 (eight plus two).

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