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Aditya Puri
1,080 PointsWhat does he mean by bits being flipped?
2:54 What does he mean by bits being flipped?
1 Answer
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 PointsHey Aditya,
Basically, Craig is just giving a very quick overview of how the computer processes and stores information. Computers only know one language and that is Binary. Everything is stored in a bit, and a bit is either a one or a zero. When you flip a bit, you are either changing it to a one(on) or changing it to a zero(off). Think of a light switch, you can flip it on or you can flip it off.
For more technical and detailed descriptions, you may want to Google "Binary Code" or check out Treehouse's Computer Basics Course.
Keep Coding! :)
