A Short Lesson in How Binary Code Works

[cageymaru]

Have you ever wondered how does information travels from one device to another over the internet? How do your speakers know which note to recreate when you're playing music off your cellphone? Jose Americo N L F Freitas takes you through a short lesson on what is binary code and how modern electronics rely on binary code to communicate.

Imagine trying to use words to describe every scene in a film, every note in a song, or every street in your town. Now imagine trying to do it using only the numbers 1 and 0. Every time you use the Internet to watch a movie, listen to music, or check directions, that’s exactly what your device is doing, using the language of binary code.

 

[[21CW]killerofall]

TL/DR version: 1 = on and 0 = off

 

[DNMock]

I prefer the Clutch song myself.

 

[defaultluser]

0x1337

 

[Biznatch]

"There are 10 people that understand binary. Those that do, and those that don't"

 

[[21CW]killerofall]

1001100110111

FTFY

 

[Wrecked Em]

"Binary Solo"

 

[Snakebyt]

actually pretty interesting to think how far computers have come in the last 40 years, same concept, just greatly multiplied

 

[haz_mat]

Next lesson: two's complement binaries.

 

[NeghVar]

What part of 1+1=10 do you not understand?

 

[_l_]

Binary progression is what is used to make a baby in the womb:

starts as single cell (1) then splits into 2, into 4, into 8, into 16 ....

pretty amazing stuff, et?

So your body was formed using binary progression which could be why we love pc hardware so much

 

[Armenius]

FTFY

Intel and AMD processors are little endian, though. So it would actually be 11011100010011 .

 

[Armenius]

 

[NeghVar]

Have you ever wondered how does information travels from one device to another over the internet? .

Old video but it still tells how the Internet works relatively well.

 

[Gottfried Leibnizzle]

Binary progression is what is used to make a baby in the womb:

starts as single cell (1) then splits into 2, into 4, into 8, into 16 ....

pretty amazing stuff, et?

So your body was formed using binary progression which could be why we love pc hardware so much

Well, to be fair, along the way, your embryonic body plan develops with the help of apoptosis ("programmed" cell death); that is, some cells take one for the team.

Bit Rot is a way of life!