Moore's Law and The Secret World Of Ones And Zeroes
SciShow explains how SciShow exists -- and everything else that's ever been made or used on a computer -- by exploring how transistors work together in circuits to make all computing possible....
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Behold! The transistor, a tiny switch about the size of a virus that can control the flow of a small electrical current. It's one of the most important inventions ever because when it's on, it's on and when it's off, it's off. Sounds simple. Probably too simple. But this "either/or" situation is incredibly useful because it is a binary system. On or off, yes or no, one or zero. But with enough transistors working together we can create limitless combinations of "ons" and "offs", "ones" and "zeros" to make a code that can store and process just about any kind of information you can imagine. That's how your computer computes, and it's how you're watching me right now. It's a...
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Behold! The transistor, a tiny switch about the size of a virus that can control the flow of a small electrical current. It's one of the most important inventions ever because when it's on, it's on and when it's off, it's off. Sounds simple. Probably too simple. But this "either/or" situation is incredibly useful because it is a binary system. On or off, yes or no, one or zero. But with enough transistors working together we can create limitless combinations of "ons" and "offs", "ones" and "zeros" to make a code that can store and process just about any kind of information you can imagine. That's how your computer computes, and it's how you're watching me right now. It's a...
