zeros and ones

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Those atoms serve as the core components of a quantum computer because they store qubits, which are the quantum equivalent of the zeros and ones used in traditional computing.

From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2026

But “Searching” and “Missing” reiterate that despite the pictures, videos, the breadcrumbs of humanity reflected in zeros and ones, there’s nothing like the real thing, for better, or for worse.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2023

But instead of encoding that data as zeros and ones as computers do, the basic building blocks for DNA are the nucleotides adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine — A, T, C, and G for short.

From The Verge • Nov. 30, 2021

The language that classical computers speak is all about manipulating strings of zeros and ones, but the language of quantum physics is quite different.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2019

The visual component of computer processing, i.e., the graphics, relies on the same language of zeros and ones through which the entire computer processing takes place.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai