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What does 0 and 1 mean in programming?
decimal. Since the binary system uses only two digits or bits and represents numbers using varying patterns of 1s and 0s, it is known as a base-2 system. Here, 1 refers to "on" or "true," while 0 refers to "off" or "false."

Inside every computer are billions of little things that can be turned on or off, like a light switch, and store and process this data.  This way of displaying data with zero and one is called binary display