binary

English

/ˈbaɪ.nə.ɹi/, /ˈbaɪ.nə.ɹɪ/

adj
Definitions
  • Being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off, true or false, molten or frozen, presence or absence of a signal.
  • (logic) Concerning logic whose subject matter concerns binary states.
  • (arithmetic) Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system.
  • Having two equally important parts; related to something with two parts.
  • (mathematics) Of an operation, function, procedure or logic gate, taking exactly two operands, arguments, parameters or inputs; having domain of dimension 2.
  • (computing) Of data, consisting coded values (e.g. machine code) not interpretable as plain or ASCII text (e.g. source code).
  • (comparable) Focusing on two mutually exclusive conditions.

Etymology

Derived from Latin bīnārius, bīnī (pair, two-by-two).

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Latin

bīnī

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pair, two-by-two

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