Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site uvacs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!mcnc!ncsu!uvacs!mac From: mac@uvacs.UUCP (Alex Colvin) Newsgroups: net.nlang,net.dcom Subject: Re: Re: Squeezing files. Message-ID: <2217@uvacs.UUCP> Date: Sun, 30-Jun-85 15:45:48 EDT Article-I.D.: uvacs.2217 Posted: Sun Jun 30 15:45:48 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 4-Jul-85 04:14:58 EDT References: <1414@ecsvax.UUCP> <784@turtlevax.UUCP> <1861@ukma.UUCP> <789@turtlevax.UUCP> <604@umd5.UUCP> <518@rtech.UUCP> Organization: U.Va. CS dept. Charlottesville, VA Lines: 9 Xref: watmath net.nlang:3318 net.dcom:1075 > >I'm curious; what is the etymology of the word "binary" as it is >sometimes used to refer to executable machine code? And why does it >imply program rather than data? Probably because everything was stored on Hollerith cards (1 character/column), except for code, which was stored on binary decks (12 bits/column).