ELI5: Why do we only use 1 and 0 for binary? Could we create a trinary system introducing an extra '2'? Submitted by No-Mammoth-1638 t3_11azx01 on February 24, 2023 at 7:35 PM in explainlikeimfive 48 comments 10
xopranaut t1_j9v4n6k wrote on February 24, 2023 at 7:54 PM Balanced ternary uses 1, 0, and -1. It saw some use in Soviet computers in the 50s, and that page includes some discussion of its complexity versus binary. Permalink 16 RingGiver t1_j9v83c6 wrote on February 24, 2023 at 8:16 PM I didn't know about this. Interesting. Permalink Parent 4
RingGiver t1_j9v83c6 wrote on February 24, 2023 at 8:16 PM I didn't know about this. Interesting. Permalink Parent 4
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