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Word: binary (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • computing Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system.
  • Being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off, true or false, presence or absence of a signal.
  • computing Of data, consisting of arbitrary values; that is, not interpretable as plain or ASCII text.
  • Having two equally important parts; related to something with two parts.
  • logic Concerning logic whose subject matter concerns binary states.
  • programming|computer engineering Of an operation, function, procedure, or logic gate, taking exactly one operand, argument, parameter, or input; having domain of dimension 2.

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Noun:

  • astronomy A star system consisting of only two stars.
  • computing An executable computer file.
  • computing|uncountable The bijective base-2 numeral system, which uses only the digits 0 and 1.

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