Binary is a number system that only uses two digits, \(0\) and \(1\). It was invented by German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. Binary code is used widely in computer programming, so it is ...

When can ones and zeros add up to any number you like? When you're a computer. Read what Julie has to say about the world's first computers below... Computers are tools that help you to do ...

The awesome Digirule 2U is a small 8-bit programmable binary computer created by developer Bradley Slattery. Launched via Kickstarter this month, the project is coming to the end of its campaign with ...

The Babylonians used separate combinations of two symbols to represent every single number from 1 to 59. That sounds pretty confusing, doesn’t it? Our decimal system seems simple by comparison, with ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. George Boole was born 200 years ago — and whether you celebrate or lament the mathematician’s life de­pends on ...

Levelling Up: Maths for Computer Science is a scheme supported by the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science to provide students from underrepresented backgrounds with online tutoring ...

A binary search is an efficient method of searching an ordered list. A binary search works like this: Start by setting the counter to the middle position in the list. If the value held there is a ...

Computers don’t simply "understand" code in the way humans do. They rely on a highly sophisticated series of steps to interpret, compile, and execute the instructions provided by code. In this video, ...