You have likely seen a series of zeros and ones on computer screens, in a mathematics class, or on the barcodes of certain goods and products. These patterns of the digits 0 and 1 are called binary code and are based on the binary number system. Binary code is widely used in computer processes. The codes follow two states, on and off, which are the references for the transmission of electrical pulses representing any executable function such as calculation, writing text, or logic operations. Before this discussion gets all nerdy and too technical, it is also worth knowing some interesting facts about binary systems. Read on as we share some binary facts that might interest you. Binary Number System Drew Inspiration From An Ancient Chinese Text Who would have thought that the ubiquitous binary code that we know today shares a historical link with China? The binary number system inventor, Gottfried Leibniz, came across a classic Chinese text called I Ching or ‘Book of Changes,’ which inspired him to formulate a number system consisting of rows of ones and zeros. I Ching, a text for divination based on the principle of yin and yang duality, is an ancient binary system…
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