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nemesis wrote:
> A computer is nothing but a calculator: everything that goes through it
> is nothing but numbers, including the instructions that manipulate such
> numbers. Everything has to be converted into numbers before being
> processed by a computer. Sounds, images and textual information are
> codified/decodified just for convenience. :)
Not precisely. Everything is converted into electrical signals. Computer
programmers think of those signals as representing numbers. :-)
The *theory* of computer science treats everything as numbers. Actual
computers don't use numbers for anything.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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