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  1. 09-10-2009, 02:50 PM #1
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    Default ICT Assignment Help.

    Hey everyone,

    I've been given an assignment in college and there is one quesion that I'm need abit of help with. The question is:

    Explain in your own words why computers use of a binary coding system in preference to a decimal system for the internal representation of data and instructions.

     Thank you in advance for anyone who is able to help.
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    i think its cause computer hardware is only capable of understanding binary..... a decimal system would be too complex for the computer to understand

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