• Manucode@infosec.pubEnglish
    17·
    1 年前

    My personal top 10 binary numbers are 1000101 and 110100100. 0 and 1 though are my top 10 binary digits.

      • Poach@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        1 年前

        Is that why all digital computers use binary?

        This may actually be an example of where a word’s meaning had changed over time. Not sure of the etymology.

        Some random dictionary has “one of the elements that combine to form numbers in a system other than the decimal system” as one of the definitions.

        I spent way too long trying to prove something there…

        • bdonvr@thelemmy.clubEnglish
          51·
          1 年前

          I think it’s because they use discrete numbers instead of varying voltages in analog systems. There have been digital computers built that use base 3.