How do machines interpret binary?

Question

I was just thinking, how do machines interpreter binary code? All I understand is your code get\'s turned into 1 and 0\'s so the machine can understand them, but how do they do

Answer 1

Think of it this way. You have 8 power switches each switch has either off(0) or on(1). The computer will see all 8 switches as 1. It is Now much like a combination lock. Each Symbol on your keyboard has it's on combination.