Definition of "binary"
- adjective
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.
Concerning logic whose subject matter concerns binary states.
Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system.
Having two equally important parts; related to something with two parts.
Of an operation, function, procedure, or logic gate, taking exactly one operand, argument, parameter, or input; having domain of dimension 2.
Of data, consisting of arbitrary values; that is, not interpretable as plain or ASCII text.
- noun
The bijective base-2 numeral system, which uses only the digits 0 and 1.
An executable computer file.
A star system consisting of only two stars.
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