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• Jess S

  4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Jess S's post “How does the computer kno...”

  How does the computer know whether a binary pattern results in the display of a letter or number?

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  • Martin

    4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Martin's post “You (or the compiler you ...”

    

    

    

    You (or the compiler you use) have to explicitly tell the computer how to interpret a bit string.

    So when you write code you'd have to specify "This is a character" or "This is a binary number", high level programming language have functions to make that easier.

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• 2_Vaz_Jesse

  6 months agoPosted 6 months ago. Direct link to 2_Vaz_Jesse's post “Why did they come to lear...”

  Why did they come to learn 1s and 0s? Couldn't they learn our language?

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  • Giovanny Aimar Sanchez

    6 months agoPosted 6 months ago. Direct link to Giovanny Aimar Sanchez's post “It's a computer lil bro”

    

    

    It's a computer lil bro

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• Shwetha

  4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Shwetha's post “I didn't understand how 4...”

  I didn't understand how 4 bits can represent 16 values.Could you please explain.Thanks

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  • KLaudano

    4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to KLaudano's post “If we have 4 bits and eac...”

    

    If we have 4 bits and each can be one of two values, then the number of combinations one can make with 4 bits is equal to 2*2*2*2 = 2^4 = 16.

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• Judepius Ugwuanyi

  4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Judepius Ugwuanyi's post “"At 11:47, what are elect...”

  "At

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  , what are electromechanical transistors?"

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  • valeriaacesarr

    a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to valeriaacesarr's post “it focuses on the interac...”

    it focuses on the interaction of electrical and mechanical systems as a whole and how the two systems interact with eachother.

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• Brayden Weimholt

  a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to Brayden Weimholt's post “How does a computer know ...”

  How does a computer know how to display this information?

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  • liangsamuel3

    7 months agoPosted 7 months ago. Direct link to liangsamuel3's post “The computer know to disp...”

    The computer know to display the info because it reads digital info in bits, and then outputs and converts those bits into visible things, like letters.

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• ChrisHatesSchool

  a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to ChrisHatesSchool's post “why is this topic so comp...”

  why is this topic so complicated and stressful given the fact that i literally just found out about it today?

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  • BenjaminW

    9 months agoPosted 9 months ago. Direct link to BenjaminW's post “becus copeters are coplca...”

    becus copeters are coplcated.

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• Amily

  7 months agoPosted 7 months ago. Direct link to Amily's post “How would a computer know...”

  How would a computer know if 1000011 in a text file represents the number 67 or the letter C?

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  • anonymous

    7 months agoPosted 7 months ago. Direct link to anonymous's post “It nows has a system in i...”

    It nows has a system in it and it travels as a bit it is converted into it when a computer reads it in 1's and 0's and is converted back into the digital form
    hope it helps🙂

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• virriobelony80

  8 months agoPosted 8 months ago. Direct link to virriobelony80's post “I dont seem to understand...”

  I dont seem to understand a sequence of bits can anyone explain

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  • chromedome

    8 months agoPosted 8 months ago. Direct link to chromedome's post “When you have more than o...”

    When you have more than one bit (or wire), the number of possible values increases. In 1 bit there are two possible values: 1 or 0. In 2 bits, there are four possible values, or combinations: 00, 01, 10, 11. With each additional bit, the number of possible values/combinations goes up by a factor of two.

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    (6 votes)
• kpendley

  a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to kpendley's post “what are bits”

  what are bits

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  • tomiwa.

    10 months agoPosted 10 months ago. Direct link to tomiwa.'s post “Bits are binary digits (0...”

    Bits are binary digits (0 and 1)

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• maiden

  6 months agoPosted 6 months ago. Direct link to maiden's post “should i click for the 'l...”

  should i click for the 'learn more about this lessons' ? are they include for the AP exam?

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  • arhammohammed

    13 days agoPosted 13 days ago. Direct link to arhammohammed's post “if u rlly need it lil bro”

    if u rlly need it lil bro

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    (1 vote)