Quite some time ago, I posted about this on my main blog, but it has occurred to me that, firstly, it might be time for an update, and secondly, that a post about why computers use 1s and 0s is better suited here on my programming blog. (Especially as this is the 101st post!)

It turns out there is a very good reason computers use 1s and 0s, and while it is possible to use other numbers, the 1s and 0s are all that is needed.

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