Why is all data scored in a computer in binary form?

Answer 1

I'ts the most efficent method to the technology used today, everything is reduced to a 1 or a 0 which equates to a switch - voltage on or voltage off. A processor is fundementally millions of switches. It more than two options were use for example 10 for binary, a resistor would have to be used instead and the lack of accuracy would cause corruption.

Answer 2

To represent any data, we need to distinctly represent each of the 'data' parts. For such a representation, we can simply use the 0 or 1. that is true or false, or yes or no.

1. This kind of representation can be used to create longer and more complex representation of any form of data(numbers, characters, codes, special characters) This is done by representation such data by writing these bits together in parts of 8 or 16 to represent normal data like characters etc.
2. further, such data itself can be combined in longer chains of continuous bits to represent anything in a computer based system. Like characters join together to make words, and they join together to make paragraphs and some sense.
3. It is also physically possible to save on a memory medium, transport data, compute and process on these bit forms directly. Everything and anything done on a computer will ultimately be worked upon at the lowest level in bit forms.
4. Electronics are involved in such systems. They can only work on such logic. ON of OFF, like electric signals. Thus we need the binary system.