Dumb it down for me if you can.

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I also can't explain how computers went from punch cards to "0s" and "1s" , but I do know all computer language is a result of manipulating positive and native charges. I simply don't understand how film went from capturing to replicating.

FYI, punch cards are binary. They are a method for storing digital data. Zero or one. On or Off. In the case of the earliest use of punch cards to program machinery, it was in or out. Punch cards were first used to control an automatic loom in the early 18th century. They controlled whether a strand of yarn was pushed forward or pulled back during the weaving process. Digital weaving. Computers that used punch cards work via binary code. Analog computers use voltage or frequency to represent values. The ones I am familiar with didn't use punch cards.