Originally Posted by AF
I don't get it.

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In the normal number system you were taught in kindergarten... there are 10 numbers. 0123456789 Base 10
Computers and other electronics use base 2. They only use 1's and 0's to count.
You could make a counting system out of any number of numbers really and if you use Base 13.... 6 x 9 = 42