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What is the best explanation for why digital data is represented in computers in binary?

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A computer uses switches that are either on or off to send and receive signals. Since binary has two states (much like a switch) a computer can use and understand binary. Other number bases (such as denary) would need to be converted to binary in order for the computer to use/store/understand it.
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