Get_Off_My_WLAN@fedia.io to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day agoSince bits are ones and zeroes, and also mean true/false and on/off by extension, doesn't that mean all solutions to IT problems are just turning something off and on again at some level?message-squaremessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1465arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up1447arrow-down1message-squareSince bits are ones and zeroes, and also mean true/false and on/off by extension, doesn't that mean all solutions to IT problems are just turning something off and on again at some level?Get_Off_My_WLAN@fedia.io to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square76fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·23 hours agoDigital means that it’s discrete compared to analog which is continuous. Some of the first digital computers were decimal, but in general binary is simpler to use so that’s why it’s everywhere.
Digital means that it’s discrete compared to analog which is continuous. Some of the first digital computers were decimal, but in general binary is simpler to use so that’s why it’s everywhere.
Indeed, I got corrected.