2BINARY IN ACTION
In the previous chapter we defined a computer as an electronic device that can be programmed to carry out a set of logical instructions. We then learned at a high level how everything in a computer, from the data it uses to the instructions it carries out, is stored in binary, 0s and 1s. In this chapter, I shed some light on how exactly 0s and 1s can be used to represent nearly any kind of data. We also cover how binary lends itself to logical operations.
Representing Data Digitally
So far, we’ve focused on storing numbers in binary. More specifically, we covered how to store the positive integers, sometimes called whole numbers, ...
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