binary computer

binary computer

The traditional computer that stores data in binary form. Prior to the late 1930s, mechanical computing devices were based on the decimal system. The term binary computer is generally used to contrast a regular "classical" computer with a quantum computer. See quantum computing, binary and historical devices.

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