How does binary translate to hardware?

Question

I understand how the code is compiled to assembly, and that assembly is a 1:1 replacement with binary codes. Can somebody help me understand how binary is conne

Answer 1

SW is not just the SW language it is written in, as say jotted down on a piece of paper. SW takes on physical form as well. At some point the software at the conceptual level crosses over into software at the physical level, and that occurs when a programmer starts typing code into a keyboard in whatever SW language he/she is working. From the moment a keystroke is tapped, it's electrons all the way down...this is the point then, where the interface occurs, in that from the moment a keyboard is tapped the whole business becomes the manipulation of electrons -- as complex, sophisticated and ingenious an endeavor as that may be. Thinking in terms of binary 0's and 1's is just a metaphor for high & low voltage, already a physical manifestation beyond the keystroke. When you type the letter I as the first letter of IF...THEN into a keyboard, the voltages corresponding to 01001001 are placed in the first 8 slots of the registry, through electrical impulses prompted by your physically tapping the I key. From here on out it's electronics.