frederic c. williams built the worlds first binary digit computer z1.
frederic c. williams built the worlds first binary digit computer z1.
who built the worlds first binary digit computer z1?
frederic c. williams
z1 (computer)









































the z1 was a mechanical computer designed by konrad zuse from 1936 to 1937 and built by him from 1936 to 1938. it was a binary electrically driven mechanical calculator with limited programmability, reading instructions from punched celluloid film.









































the z1 was the first freely programmable computer in the world which used boolean logic and binary floating-point numbers, however it was unreliable in operation. it was completed in 1938 and financed completely from private funds. this computer was destroyed in the bombardment of berlin in december 1943, during world war ii, together with all construction plans.
z1 (computer)
the binary system (base 2), was propagated in the 17th century by gottfried leibniz. leibniz had developed the concept early in his career, and had revisited it when he reviewed a copy of the i ching from china. binary numbers came into common use in the 20th century because of computer applications.









































section::::see also.









































bullet::::- hexadecimal









































bullet::::- binary digit (bit), quantum binary digit (qubit)









































bullet::::- ternary digit (trit), quantum ternary digit (qutrit)









































bullet::::- decimal digit (dit)









































bullet::::- hexadecimal digit (hexit)









































bullet::::- natural digit (nat, nit)









































bullet::::- naperian digit (nepit)









































bullet::::- significant digit









































bullet::::- large numbers









































bullet::::- text figures









































bullet::::- abacus
numerical digit