What mechanism is used for it? How does it work?
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0 and 1. Either a space stores a zero or a one. By using logic gates the earliest computers could do things like “if these two numbers are both 1 then I give a 1, or any combination you like”.
Now the truly fun part is turning a bunch of 0 and 1s into useful data. This is where more powerful computers have more bits in their hardware and software.
Let’s take the number 1 as binary in base 8
Counting from the back you start with the number 1 and then double moving forward
0000 0001 is 1
0000 0010 is 2 because you have no 1’s and one 2
0000 0011 is 3, one 1 and one 2.
This can be used to store letters and such as long as everyone agrees on the order and syntax used. This is what a programming language and then the operating system handles.
Since data is stored and passed on as either a 1 or 0 it can be stored magnetically or electrically.
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