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When voltage changes in a circuit it often takes time to settle to a constant level as shown in the graph below:

Explain why, in a computer system using binary, this effect is not an issue.

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Original post by blacktammy

When voltage changes in a circuit it often takes time to settle to a constant level as shown in the graph below:

Explain why, in a computer system using binary, this effect is not an issue.

Come on. Engage brain cell. If you need to represent several states through different voltages what might the problem be if the if the voltage drops from say 5v to 2v but whilst settling down fluctuates between 1v and 3v?
So now, if you have 5v representing 1 and 0v representing a 0, why are the small fluctuations not an issue?

And BTW, at high clock frequencies, the phenomenon in computing is an issue. Given what we have just thought about, why do you think that may be so?

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