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OCR: COMPUTERS AND DIGITAL BASICS CIRCUITS AND CHIPS How do digital devices store and transport all those bits? INFOWEBLINKS Because most digital devices are electronic, bits take the form of electrical flows pulses over that can travel when over turn circuits on ir much the same the way that electricity and Learn Circuits electronics more at InfoWeb about the digital Integrated wire you light switch. All circuits chips mechanical components that form digital device are designed to work with bits CLICK TO CONNECT At the simplest level, you can envision bits as two states of an electric cir- wwww.course.com/np/concepts2010/cho cuit; the state used for a bit would be on and the state fora 0bit would be off. In practice, the bit might be represented by an elevated voltage, such as +5 volts, wherea ...