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binary

/ˈbaɪ.nə.ɹɪ/
noun

  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.

Synonymsbase 2, binary star, double star
Antonymsnon-binary
adjective

  1. 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.

    "Binary states are often represented as 1 and 0 in computer science."

  2. Concerning logic whose subject matter concerns binary states.

  3. Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system.

Synonymsdyadic, Boolean, base-2, double, twin
AntonymsASCII, text, non-binary

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