In 11 minutes 37 seconds you manage to cover some of the fundamental digital mysterious in a simple way. As always, excellent! Keep up the good work! =)
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Are bits chosen due to the 2 states of electricity that a transistor works on (on or off) ? Do the transistor on or off state in IC chip represent binary ?
Hello and thank you for your comment! While I wouldn't say that's the only (or even the main!) reason why bits are chosen, it certainly falls into the picture nicely! And yes, the on/off states in transistors represents zeros and ones, though interestingly, zero isn't always represented by off, they can be swapped around. What's important is that both systems have two discrete states, and we simply need to map between the two.
Hello and thank you for your comment! If I understand you correctly, you're imagining *circular shifting*, where the bits removed on the right side are "wrapped around" to the left. This does not typically happen when you're doing a bit shift.
