For 10 points, name this number system in which the only digits are 0 and 1.
This concept was first developed by Thomas Harriot, though Leibniz wrote to the Jesuit missionary Claudio Grimaldi in an attempt to convince the Chinese emperor to institute it. Boolean algebra is done entirely in this system, in which multiplication is effectively reduced to addition. Digits in this number system are known as (*) bits, and this system is the basis for modern computing. For 10 points, name this number system in which the only digits are 0 and 1.
This concept was first developed by Thomas Harriot, though Leibniz wrote to the Jesuit missionary Claudio Grimaldi in an attempt to convince the Chinese emperor to institute it.
{binary} number system