2006-07-12 21:03:43 · 9 answers · asked by ronald m 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
ur mistaken. Microprocessors cannot understand the binary digits 0 and 1. 1 means a voltage is passed through the circuit and o means no voltage. the circuit is made up of logic gates eg:AND,OR,NOT etc. and these gates takes input as voltages and emit the voltage according to their functionality. According to our desire or want we design the circuit using these gates.
2006-07-12 21:25:23 · answer #1 · answered by Enigma 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because they are built that way. For a microprocessor to 'understand' something a circuit must either recieve an electric current or not recieve it. The fact of the current being there or not being there is represented by us as binary digits.
2006-07-13 04:06:50 · answer #2 · answered by Lone Ranger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because processors are based on transistors that have a bistable state, either on or off, therefore data is treated in a binary manner. When the transistor is on the number is 1, and when the transistor is off the number is 0. hope you understand it now, good luck!
2006-07-13 04:11:13 · answer #3 · answered by Rowdy answers 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A transistor has two states - on and off.
The binary system represents the base of 2.
2006-07-13 04:10:41 · answer #4 · answered by SirCharles 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Processors don't actually understand they process data in binary form, 0 or 1, or more precisely, ON or OFF. Search "Logic Gates" at wikipidia.
2006-07-13 04:09:00 · answer #5 · answered by ferdinand 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because, binary is easy to make.
if you can make a memory cell to memorize and to process 10 digit, you will be rich.
2006-07-13 05:01:49 · answer #6 · answered by stonemason_2 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't. They understand "on" and "off", and we use 0 and 1 as useful representations. You should be asking "why are humans so useless that they can't understand on and off?".
2006-07-13 05:33:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
coz technically, you could only get two electronic pulses... it's either high (1) or low (0)...
2006-07-13 04:09:40 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because !!!!
2006-07-13 04:05:24 · answer #9 · answered by m_sayeh_1988 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋