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# [From Switches to Numbers — How Computers Think in Binary](https://devrabin.hashnode.dev/how-tcp-backlog-actually-works?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Chapter 1 — Why Does Binary Exist At All? Computers are physical machines made of electric circuits. And electricity has one fundamental property — it is either flowing or not flowing. That is it. Two

May 18 · 14 min read · devrabin.hashnode.dev  
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