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Why does everything in computing work with a base number of 2 to the power of x?
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Flash-drive sizes (increase by powers of 2) RAM size (increase by powers of 2) 32bit, 64bit, 128bit (increase by powers of 2) etc... Can someone explain this, I think it might have something to do with device compatibility and also binary code in which case could you explain why these devices have …
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Digital electronics used in computers have two states: on and off. So storage of numbers in memory is made up of collections of elements each of which is on or off. So one element can therefore only represent the numbers 0 and 1 (two values). If you…
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