What does a computer only use binary data for?

Answer 1

It only uses binary and not digital storage because binary storage takes less place so you can save more.

Answer 2

because all the data in the computer are processed using voltages as 5v indicates 1 and 0v indicates 0 it is possible to store the voltages in an electronic components thereby we can able to identify the data using simple encoding as 0's and 1's....

Answer 3

Computers use the binary system of counting because the storage and calculating components of a computer were originally based on the magnetic field of small dots of magnetic material. This could only take the two forms representing zero and one; hence the use of the binary system for doing calculations.

Answer 4

The basic construction of computers is the reason why Binary is the core language for them. Underneath all computer languages, a conversion to binary takes place so the computer can actually process the information. Programming in Binary is excessively difficult, so other languages were invented as a mask for it. As for an example as to why we don't program in binary anymore, the word "Hello" in binary is "0100100001000101010011000100110001001111"

Computers store data in groupings of 8 bits (1 byte). So, a single character, such as the letter "R" is stored in memory and processed in the computer processor as "01010010" versus "R" The 1's and 0's represent which state each bit within a byte must be in order to represent the desired data. A 1 is "enabled" or "on" while a 0 is "disabled" or "off." All of this sounds complex, but it really factors down to turning a bunch of tiny switches on or off in order to cause a desired output.

Computing has attempted to find a more efficient process, but so far even future forms of computing have fallen back onto the basic principles of binary for data processing.