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1GB of storage is a single number with 2^8billion binary digits. Everything we do in computers is encoding information in long numbers. Every character is a si
by jodrellblank 7y ago
1GB of storage is a single number with 2^8billion binary digits.
Everything we do in computers is encoding information in long numbers. Every character is a single number, every file is, every disk image is, every state of RAM, every database, every cache, every piece of source code.
- lonelappde 7y agoNot encoded as, but can be interpreted as. Any precisely specified object can be interpreted as a number.