Have you ever wondered how calculators work? Well I deep-dove into it and this is what I found!

A Deep Dive into the World of Calculators

Harshil Arora

Published on: 2026-July-25

Calculators are super powerful pieces of tech, it may not seem like so but it's true. Think about it, they can solve a little calculation in LESS than a second, it's like "you blink it and you miss it". According to my research, calculators work using binary.

That makes you dive into a even more fasicnating question what is binary? To learn more on binary check out this blog (coming soon).

If you don't understand what binary is, here is a simple definition : ones, and zeros (1,0) the number 2 becomes 010, 3 011, 4 100 and so on. So according to my research, a calculator is basically a translator between numbers and binary. Check out the image below for a better example:

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