dictionary help| binary | computing dictionary |
1. <mathematics> Base two. A number representation consisting of zeros and ones used by practically all computers because of its ease of implementation using digital electronics and Boolean algebra.
2. <file format> binary file.
3. <computer programming> A description of an operator which takes two arguments.
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| binary | medical dictionary |
Compounded or consisting of two things or parts; characterised by two (things). Binary arithmetic, that in which numbers are expressed according to the binary scale, or in which two figures only, 0 and 1, are used, in lieu of ten; the cipher multiplying everything by two, as in common arithmetic by ten. Thus, 1 is one; 10 is two; 11 is three; 100 is four, etc.
<chemistry> Binary compound, the theory that all chemical compounds consist of two constituents of opposite and unlike qualities.
Origin: L. Binarius, fr. Bini two by two, two at a time, fr. Root of bis twice; akin to E. Two: cf. F. Binaire.
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