Short Notes Digital Logic Design - Short Notes for Computer Science Engineering

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Digital Logic Design 
  
A digital computer  stores data  in terms of digits (numbers) and proceeds in discrete steps from one state  to the next. 
The states of a digital computer typically involve binary digits which may take the form of the presence or absence of 
magnetic markers in a storage medium , on-off switches or relays. In digital computers, even letters, words and whole 
texts are represented digitally. 
Digital Logic is the basis of electronic systems, such as computers and cell phones. Digital Logic is rooted in 
binary code, a series of zeroes and ones each having an opposite value. This system facilitates the design of 
electronic circuits that convey information, including logic gates. Digital Logic gate functions include and, or 
and not. The value system translates input signals into specific output. Digital Logic facilitates computing, 
robotics and other electronic applications.  
Digital Logic Design is foundational to the fields of electrical engineering and computer engineering. Digital 
Logic designers build complex electronic components that use both electrical and computational 
characteristics. These characteristics may involve power, current, logical function, protocol and user input. 
Digital Logic Design is used to develop hardware, such as circuit boards and microchip processors. This 
hardware processes user input, system protocol and other data in computers, navigational systems, cell phones 
or other high-tech systems.