actually sequences of bytes. On a higher level, data is accessed in groups of 1 word (4 bytes) for 32-bit systems and 2 words for 64-bit systems. In applied computer science and in the information technology field, the term binary data is often specifically opposed to text-based data, referring to any sort of data that cannot be interpreted as text. The "text" vs. "binary" distinction can sometimes refer to the semantic content of a file (e.g. a written document vs. a digital image). However, it often refers specifically to whether the individual bytes of a file are interpretable as text (see character encoding) or cannot so be interpreted. When this last meaning is intended, the more specific terms binary format and text(ual) format are sometimes used. Semantically textual data can be represented in binary format (e.g. when compressed or in certain formats that intermix various sorts of formatting codes, as in the DOC format used by Microsoft Word); contrarily, image data is sometimes represented in textual format (e.g. the X PixMap image format used in the X Window System). 1 and 0 are nothing but just two different voltage levels. You can make the computer understand 1 for higher voltage and 0 for lower voltage. There are many different ways to store two voltage levels. If you have seen floppy, then you will find a magnetic tape that has a coating of ferromagnetic material, this is a type of paramagnetic material that has domains aligned in a particular direction to give a remnant magnetic field even after removal of currents through materials or magnetic field.During loading of data in the magnetic tape, the magnetic field is passed in one direction to call the saved orientation of the domain 1 & for the magnetic field is passed in another direction then the saved orientation of the domain is 0. In this way generally, 1 & 0 data are stored. See also Bit array Bernoulli distribution Boolean data type Computer memory Categorical data Qualitative data References Statistical data types