SIGNAL (Binary)
Charles François (2004). SIGNAL (Binary), International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(2): 3037.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 3037 ▶ |
| Object type | Methodology or model |
A signal emitted by a device that can produce only two significant states.
Binary signals serve to modelize binary relations, whose algebra was constructed by G. BOOLE in 1854 (1952).
The most obvious example is 0 and 1, both signals easily produced electronically, which correspond to any kind of dual oppositions: yes — no; positive — negative; false — true; existent — non existent; etc…