Binary Code
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23673296 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David M Berry (0000-0002-7737-5586, University of Sussex, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 1-5 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The International Encyclopedia of Communication Theory and Philosophy (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118766804.wbiect238 |
| OpenAlex | W4231824666 |
| ISBN | 9781118766804 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Binary code is a low‐level form of representation used internally within digital computers. The use of binary code is the key symbolic innovation in digital computation that enables the specific computational technologies that now surround our everyday lives. In short, it is the reduction of mathematics and symbolization to binary zeros and ones at a fundamental level of the digital circuitry that makes up the technologies of digital computation (as opposed to analog computation). This is achieved through the use of voltage states that are made common to represent the two states of zero and one. This, in turn, enables the use of Boolean algebra and the binary numeral system to be implemented within the circuitry.
Algorithm · Arithmetic · Binary code · Binary number · Code (set theory) · Computation · Key (lock) · Numeral system · Programming language · Reduction (mathematics) · Representation (politics) · Symbolic computation · Advanced Memory and Neural Computing · Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Mathematics · Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata · Theoretical Computer Science
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |