Summary
Patterns are used to create symbols, symbols are used to represent information
The binary digits (bits) 0 and 1 are a natural way to interpret the presence or absence of a phenomenon
Bytes are composed of 8 bits, ASCII represents text as one character per byte
Binary numbers and arithmetic are like decimal except they are limited to the two numerals 0 and 1
Tags are used to insert modifiers into text and keep it separated from the text