Initially developed as a base-2 numerical system, using only two values, 0 and 1, the system was further developed and complemented by scholars such as George Boole (1854), Claude Shannon (1938) and George Stibitz during the 1940s.
Initialt utvecklat som ett bas-2 numeriskt system, som representerar två värden: antingen en 1 eller 0, har systemet vidareutvecklats och kompletterats av forskare såsom George Boole (1854), Claude Shannon (1938) samt George Stibitz under 1940-talet.