Binary:

The Digital Language

Binary Basics

1 0
True False
on off

We can encode any type of information as binary.

Binary Basics

For example, we could write the alphabet in binary.

A Real-World Example

Another Example

-...
..
-.
.-
.-.
-.--

Information As A Wave

What kind of waves can carry information?

Patterns = Information

Patterns = Information

Can waves carry patterns?

Slide Questions

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  1. Convert the numbers above into Binary:
  2. ​Chose one of the vocabulary words from this section and write it in morose code.
  3. Convert your morose code word into binary. Let the dots be zeros and the dashes be ones. Then, graph the word as a digital wave.

MS3-Science3: Binary Signals

By Robert Sutherland

MS3-Science3: Binary Signals

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