The Language of Computers

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Bits and Bytes:
The Language of Computers

  

                Lets learn about computer language. Guys do you  know that computer has it own language in other to communicate with the system?To process data into information, computers need to work in a language they understand. This language, called binary language, consists of just two digits: 0 and 1. This works like a light switch where it is either on or off.Everything a computer does is broken down into a series of 0s and 1s. Each 0 and 1 is a binary digit, or bit for short.  Eight binary digits (or bits) combine to create 1 byte.    In computers, each letter of the alphabet, each number, and each special character (such as the @ sign) consists of a unique combination of 8 bits, or a string of eight 0s and 1s. For an example, a capital letter K has a different string of 0s and 1s than a lowercase letter k, for instance. As it turns out, if 8 bits are put together, there are 256 possible combinations. That number of combinations allows for a code that can include all the uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet, all 10 digits, punctuation marks, and many other much-used symbols. We call these 8 bits working together a byte. Bytes are the basic measurement for storage in a computer.

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