Base2
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- AKA Binary Numeral System AKA Zeroes and Ones
History
Two number counting system, used since 500-200 BC. It is the system computers use to process instructions. Without Base2 computers probably never would have evolved so rapidly. Early Mechanical computers in the 1920-1930's used the Base10 system to process instructions.