• manucode@infosec.pubEnglish
    17·
    4 months ago

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

    • bionicjoey@lemmy.caEnglish
      36·
      4 months ago

      “binary digits” is an oxymoron. “Digit” implies decimal counting.

      • Poach@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        4 months ago

        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·
          4 months ago

          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.