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Digital Literacy Computer Basics Computer Basics Data

Posted by umang ketam
umang ketam
510 Points

difference between Boolean and binary values

what is basically the difference between the two terms Boolean and binary values?what are they used for ? plz give its detail. I will be very grateful to you !

1 Answer

Charlie Harcourt
Charlie Harcourt
8,046 Points

The Boolean data type has only two values: true or false. These values are used to control the flow of the execution of programs. Boolean values are found by comparing other data values. The results of these comparisons may be combined in Boolean expressions. You can do this if statement! if (example === true) { do something}

Binary is a number system that only uses two digits: 1 and 0. All information that is processed by a computer is in the form of a sequence of 1s and 0s. Therefore, all data that we want a computer to process needs to be converted into binary.

I hope this is enough detail?

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