Binary

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Computers use a binary language composed of ones and zeros to do things and talk to other computers. All your files, for instance, are kept in the computer as binary files and translated into words and pictures by the software (which is also ones and zeros). Most of the files you create with word processors, spreadsheets and graphics packages are kept in a binary form that certain software can understand and other software can't.

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