Difference between revisions of "CSC103: DT's Notes 1"
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* While the binary system uses only two digits it is just as powerful as the system of decimal numbers, allowing one to count, add, and do arithmetic operations with binary numbers. | * While the binary system uses only two digits it is just as powerful as the system of decimal numbers, allowing one to count, add, and do arithmetic operations with binary numbers. | ||
* The boolean algebra is a system which also sports two values, true and false, and logical operators and well defined properties. | * The boolean algebra is a system which also sports two values, true and false, and logical operators and well defined properties. | ||
− | * | + | * Logic operator are easy to generate with electronic switches |
− | * | + | * Arithmetic operations in binary can be expressed using the operators of the boolean algebra. |
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