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Most computers are digital, electronic machines. The electronic circuits are two-state or bistable using binary logic. This means that only two states are possible — either 5 volts or 0 volts and this is usually represented by binary digits 1 and 0.
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© 1991 Graham Taylor
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Taylor, G. (1991). Representing Data. In: Computer Studies GCSE. Macmillan Work Out Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13834-0_2
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