Re: Math Error?

[Norman Palardy <npalardy at great-white-software dot com>]

On Jul 31, 2006, at 10:38 AM, Joseph wrote:

> I recall reading somewhere (???) that the term "digital" computer  
> meant
> computers that ran in base 10 while "binary" computers were those  
> that ran
> in base 2.  Evidently it comes from "digit" being a finger and the  
> fact that
> we have 10 of them (thus base 10).  Somewhere along the line "digital"
> became a more generic term.
>
> ~joe
Digital as opposed to analog computers (which there are)


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