Proposed is a method in which all information transmitted over a
system bus to and from a processor is represented in the form of multi-bit numbers, with each bit being represented in a binary positional
numbering system, wherein each number in the
system bus is represented in the form of a given n-bit number in a base-b positional
numbering system; in each bit, each digit having one of the values in a range of from 0 to b -1 is represented by a k-bit number in a binary positional
numbering system; each bit in this number is represented by an optical
laser beam; each optical
laser beam travels along a separate optically isolated optical fibre; together, all of the optically isolated optical fibres in each bit form a bit bundle; together, all of the bit bundles form a
system bus. Also proposed are a computer and a
computer network which operate on the above method. The
advantage of the inventions is a decrease in the number of bits in data, address and command buses and thus a reduction in the number of
data processing operations and therefore also the
machine time as a result of an increase in the information content of each bit.