why does computers language only have 0 &1?
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A computer (or any electronic device) has 2 true states: On or off.
When you break an electronic device down to its very basics the device either has power or not. In this scenario we’ll use a light bulb to represent our basic electronic device.
Let’s say that we are both deaf and do not know sign language. I can show you a light bulb and designate that off is no and on is yes. This is great but what if I wanted to say “maybe”? Well, I’ll use 2 light bulbs and make 1 on and one off mean maybe. 2 on now means yes and 2 off still mean no.
We can infinitely make new meanings by just adding more combinations and more light bulbs. This is how we tell a computer what to do. We make combinations of 1s and 0s represent different things. We can even use this language to create easier to interpret languages (modern day programming languages)
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