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What is binary, and a few binary notations represented in hardware.

Binary Binary, what is binary? Binary data is in any computer represented using binary notation which uses only two digits: 0 and 1. The use of binary notation works well in every part of a computer, which is why binary numbers represent all data within a computer. Here are a few binary notations represented in different hardware devices. RAM – Binary notation is represented in the transistors (electrical components with microprocessors). HDD -  Binary notation is represented in the reflective surface of the disk to a laser disk as north (1) and south (0). DVD – Binary notation is represented in the reflective surface of the disk to a laser as reflective (1) or not reflective  (0). How does binary work? It’s simple, the binary notation increases by 1,2,4,8,16,32, 64, (it simply doubles). So for 4, you would use 0000100 Word and word length A word is the term used to de-script the number of bits, for example 32 bits. A word is basically a number of bits. ASCII...