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Who refined the binary number system?
Who refined the binary number system?
- George Boole
- Lee De Forest
- Charles Sanders Peirce
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (correct)
Who is considered the brain-child of digital logic as we know it?
Who is considered the brain-child of digital logic as we know it?
- Lee De Forest
- George Boole (correct)
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- Charles Sanders Peirce
What did Charles Sanders Peirce describe in an 1886 letter?
What did Charles Sanders Peirce describe in an 1886 letter?
- The history of analog electronics
- The engineering of devices using digital signals
- How logical operations could be carried out by electrical switching circuits (correct)
- The principles of arithmetic and logic using the binary system
What could Lee De Forest's modification of the Fleming valve be used as?
What could Lee De Forest's modification of the Fleming valve be used as?
What are digital electronic circuits usually made from?
What are digital electronic circuits usually made from?
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Who refined the binary number system?
Who refined the binary number system?
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz refined the binary number system, which is fundamental to digital computers.
Who is the brain-child of digital logic?
Who is the brain-child of digital logic?
George Boole is considered the brain-child of digital logic as we know it.
Peirce's 1886 electrical logic?
Peirce's 1886 electrical logic?
Charles Sanders Peirce described in an 1886 letter how logical operations could be carried out by electrical switching circuits.
De Forest's valve function?
De Forest's valve function?
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Building blocks of digital circuits?
Building blocks of digital circuits?
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