On Jul 31, 2006, at 10:38 AM, Joseph wrote:
I recall reading somewhere (???) that the term "digital" computer
meant
computers that ran in base 10 while "binary" computers were those
that ran
in base 2. Evidently it comes from "digit" being a finger and the
fact that
we have 10 of them (thus base 10). Somewhere along the line "digital"
became a more generic term.
~joe
Digital as opposed to analog computers (which there are)
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