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human
Quick question regarding binary: How many permutations of "words" can be written with just 6 bits?

Yeah, I don't know much about this, so my question is phrased pretty terribly. Let's say I had a very simply system with 6 switches, each capable being ON or OFF. Would the number of permutations be 6!, or would it be 6^2? Or neither of these? 

Thanks!
gpt
The first switch can be ON or OFF, which gives 2 possibilities. Whatever the first switch is the second switch can be ON or OFF, giving two possibilities. You multiply these to make 4 or 2^2. Keep doing this for all 6 and you end up with 2^6=64.