Binary

Binary

Since computers use electricity to store information, all they can really do is mark ON or OFF

ON = 1 OFF = 0

NOTE: Students do NOT need to know how to translate base ten to binary (base two)

CodeVA's Podcast episode on binary: 







Resources
  1. Binary Flippy Do How To
  2. Code.org Video - Binary and Data

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