Erik L. Midtsveen 🏴🌈@lemmy.wtf to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 17 days agoI guess...lemmy.wtfimagemessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up1270arrow-down110
arrow-up1260arrow-down1imageI guess...lemmy.wtfErik L. Midtsveen 🏴🌈@lemmy.wtf to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square16linkfedilink
minus-squareAnother Catgirl@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoAckchyually, binary is different from digital in that digital is more like serial, digital combines multiple bits into a structure, while binary on its own is unstructured and just has two valid states.
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agobytes arent inherent to digital systems. Its just that the digital systems we have built happen to use bytes. digital literally just means: recording or storing information as a series of the numbers 1 and 0, to show that a signal is present or absent https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/digital
minus-squareAnother Catgirl@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoyes, digital is a series, but binary is unordered like a go/nogo gauge, binary is not a series.
Ackchyually, binary is different from digital in that digital is more like serial, digital combines multiple bits into a structure, while binary on its own is unstructured and just has two valid states.
bytes arent inherent to digital systems. Its just that the digital systems we have built happen to use bytes.
digital literally just means:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/digital
yes, digital is a series, but binary is unordered like a go/nogo gauge, binary is not a series.