journalist (staring at his sandals) > flip-flops? you mean like the ones with the strap thingy that goes between your big toe? ti communications director >

journalist (staring at his sandals) > flip-flops? you mean like the ones with the strap thingy that goes between your big toe? ti communications director > well, no. not that kind of flip-flop. a flip-flop is a circuit which maintains a single bit of state. journalist (furiously scratching out some unseen notes) > what kind of state, like state of matter or like in government? ti communications director > for example, lets say we need to keep track of whether the state of some electronics is in sleep or power-down state or not. you could store that information in a flip-flop. journalist > so the power knows which way to go? ti communications director > sure. why not.