Thursday, 16 August 2012

Why computers use the Binary Numbering System!

Computer Systems are two state ( ON and OFF)

Binary Numbering are also two state ( 0 and 1)
The two states can be represented by 1 and 0.

Disadvantages???
Difficult to understand, error check ..

Advantages???
+ Easy to store in Backing Storage
+ Not affected by voltage degredation
+ Less rules of addition (and multiplication etc)

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