What is binary code?

Have you ever wondered how your favorite video game, cartoon, or tablet actually works? It feels like magic, but deep inside your computer, there are only two tiny choices making it all happen: a one or a zero! Welcome to the amazing world of binary code! Long before computers were ever invented, a brilliant thinker named Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz figured out a whole new way of counting using just two numbers. He wrote it down way back in 1679! But why does a computer need binary? Because computers run on electricity! Inside your screen, there are millions of microscopic switches flicking on and off at incredible speeds. An "off" switch is a zero, and an "on" switch is a one. When these ones and zeros are grouped together, they tell the computer exactly how to light up tiny dots called pixels to draw a green dinosaur, play a catchy song, or launch a rocket in your favorite game. Join Mira and Finn as they uncover the secret hidden code that powers our entire digital world. Get ready to have your mind blown!