So somewhere inside the computer tabulating all the votes was a string of bits representing the number of votes Maria received.

因此，在计算机内部某个地方， 统计所有选票的是一个表示玛丽亚获得的选票数的位串。

A bit is just some register in your computer that is either zero or one, and you can use a string of bits to make a binary number and represent anything that you'd like.

位只是计算机中的某个寄存器， 不是零就是一，您可以使用一串位来生成二进制数并表示您想要的任何内容。