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binary

/ˈbaɪ.nə.ɹɪ/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A thing which can have only (one or the other of) two values.
  2. The bijective base-2 numeral system, which uses only the digits 0 and 1.
  3. An executable computer file.
  4. A satellite system consisting of two stars or other bodies orbiting each other.
  5. 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.
  6. Concerning logic whose subject matter concerns binary states.
  7. Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system.
  8. Having two equally important parts; related to something with two parts.
  9. (computer engineering) Of an operation, function, procedure or logic gate, taking exactly two operands, arguments, parameters or inputs; having domain of dimension 2.
  10. Of data, consisting coded values (e.g. machine code) not interpretable as plain or ASCII text (e.g. source code).

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data