Alphabet Reduction DIGITAL INFORMATION CAN BE ENCODED USING FEWER SYMBOLS WITHOUT INFORMATION LOSS IF LESS SYMBOLS ARE AVAILABLE, USE PAIRS, TRIPLES, ETC. IF "E" DISAPPEARS, USE "AA" FOR "A" AND "AB" FOR "E". BECOMES IF "AB" DISAAPPABAARS, USE "AAAA" FOR "AA" AAND "AAB" FOR "AB". ALL DIGITAL INFORMATION CAN BE ENCODED USING JUST TWO SYMBOLS (BINARY).

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This page is part of a section of lecture slides related to " Why Binary? " within the topic "Why Digital?". Other slides within this section and other sections of slides for the topic "Why Digital?" can be accessed using the links below. On Being Digital On English Spelling Being Digital Analog vs. Digital Analog vs. Digital Analog vs. Digital "DIGITAL" DOESN'T REQUIRE DIGITS Why Binary? Alphabet Independence Alphabet Reduction UNIFORM INFORMATION TRANSPORT Digitizing the Non-digital The Physics of Sound A Mathematical Abstraction of Sound Analog Representations of Sound Sound Sampling Digital Sound Advantages and Disadvantages of Digitization Approximation and Under-sampling Sensitivity to Distortion