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Logic Gates, Explained

17 Aug 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Writ10

Logic Gates are almost the most fundamental parts of computers (with the most fundamental being the transistors they are made out of... I guess you could go all the way down to atoms and quarks and stuff too... but, y'know... don't do me like that......

How Binary and Hexadecimal Numbers Work

16 Aug 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Writ10

In popular culture, computers are depicted communicating in binary with a bunch of bits lined up in a manner something like this: 000001010010001010101 And if you look at your keys for whatever cryptocurrency you own, you’ll see something like: E98...