Why you use binary number system?

Answer 1

Modern computers run on binary languages. The only two things your computer actually understand are 0 and 1. The operating system converts everything else into 0's and 1's for the computer to process it. So without the binary system, anything done on a computer would have to be done by hand.

Answer 2

Really generalizing... Computer can only figure out if something is yes or no, odd or even, black or white. In other words, they can only have two choices. No 'maybe.' So, computers only can understand binary. When a computer programmer is finished writing a program, it must be compiled for a particular operating system and that compiling changes what the programmer wrote into binary code.

Answer 3

Binary number systems have more than one use , but their most important use is in computers. Since computers are made up of mostly electronic parts. Such as the processor.

With electricity being the major component to make them work, the computer needs a way to interpret what the pathways with electric current and those without electric current mean. This is where binary numbers come in. Since binary numbers are all zeros and ones, they provide a valuable tool for translating the parts with electric current and those without it.

For example the computer sees a 0 as an open current of electricity and it sees the 1 as a closed current for electricity.

Answer 4

Any integer (2 or higher) can be used as a base for a number system, similar to the decimal system (which is base 10). Learning different bases can give you a better understanding of the decimal system which we regularly use. The binary (base 2) system is used a lot by computers, because of its simplicity. Designing circuits for binary system is easier, and more efficient, than for a decimal system.