Like the I Ching, the integrated circuits in modern computers encode sequences of bits. Where the I Ching uses a broken line for 0 and an unbroken line for 1, transistors in these circuits typically use a low voltage for 0 and a high voltage for 1, or vice versa. Where the I Ching encodes just six bits at a time, computers often encode a trillion or more bits. Almost everything in modern computers can be explained in terms of the interplay of bits.
