Math seems to be an essential for having a good job in life. Technology is changing our everyday lives day by day. There are inventions being made that will change our lives as we speak. Take our phones for example. Every company is trying to figure out what will be the next big thing. The main thing behind all this new and exhilarating technology is the coding that is behind just our simple touch on our touchscreen phone.
Coding is a series of numbers that allows for the apps on your phone to work, makes your computer work, and the websites that are on the internet. Just like humans have different languages to speak so does the computer. The most basic language to start coding is in the HTML language.
For the shortest answer possible is by telling you that the codes tell the computer what to do. The long answer is how the computer can only understand two different types of data which is ON and OFF. Every code is just a unique code of transistors or switches. (transistors - semiconductor device with three connections with three connections, capable of amplification in addition to rectification). Then comes the binary codes which are all the zeroes and ones in a specific order represent a transistors. All computers now have tons of transistors which mean a lot of zeroes and ones.
The reason for different languages is because they all have different purposes. Some are used to make websites and others are used to make software for computers and apps.
As technology has become an important part of society people stare across coding filled with numbers behind it all day but don't know it. There are numbers everywhere disguised as our phones and our computers. As long as technology keeps moving along there is a need for coders. Because there are a little amount of people who could code they get paid really well so you should look into a coding as a career for you.
This page by Julian T. ('18)