Could 2,000-year-old machine from tomb in China be world’s earliest binary computer?

Silk-weaving loom dating to Western Han is world’s oldest known ‘computer hardware’ with corresponding ‘software’, China ...
PC Magazine

binary computer

(1) A regular computer. The term binary computer may refer to a "classical" computer, meaning "not" a quantum computer. See quantum computing. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other ...
Philippine Daily Inquirer

How to read binary code

Do you know how to read binary codes? Pretty impressive if you do, since they’re a computer’s language. Binary coding is a system of counting that boils down to two digits—one (1) and zero (0) that ...
The Independent

Scientists create quantum computer that breaks free of binary system

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
New Scientist

Ditching binary will make quantum computers more powerful

Memo to the developers of superfast quantum computers: give up on the familiar 1s-and-0s binary system used in conventional computers. By switching to a novel five-state system, you will find it ...

2,000-year-old machine found in western China tomb could be a binary computer: authorities

Sophisticated silk-weaving loom dating back to the Western Han dynasty used physical pattern cards which acted like ancient ...
Bangkok Post on MSN

2,000-year-old machine found in China tomb could be binary computer

The computer, at its core, is an input-output device: it receives instructions, executes programmes, performs calculations automatically and produces results.By this fundamental definition, China's ...