binary : Idioms & Phrases

• 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. Davies & Peck.

Webster 1913

• noun an operation that follows the rules of Boolean algebra; each operand and the result take one of two values
  binary arithmetic operation; boolean operation.
  

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• noun code using a string of 8 binary digits to represent characters
  

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• noun chemical compound composed of only two elements
  

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• (Chem.), a compound of two elements, or of an element and a compound performing the function of an element, or of two compounds performing the function of elements.

Webster 1913

• noun either 0 or 1 in binary notation
  

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• noun (computer science) a computer file containing machine-readable information that must be read by an application; characters use all 8 bits of each byte
  

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• a system of logarithms devised by Euler for facilitating musical calculations, in which 1 is logarithm of 2, instead of 10, as in the common logarithms, and the modulus 1.442695 instead of .43429448.

Webster 1913

• (Mus.), measure divisible by two or four; common time.

Webster 1913

• (Nat. Hist.), nomenclature in which the names designate both genus and species.

Webster 1913

• noun any notation that uses 2 characters (usually 0 and 1)
  

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• noun a positional system of numeration that uses binary digits and a radix of two
  binary system; binary numeration system; binary number system.
  

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• noun a positional system of numeration that uses binary digits and a radix of two
  binary system; binary numeration system; binary number system.
  

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• noun an operation that follows the rules of Boolean algebra; each operand and the result take one of two values
  binary arithmetic operation; boolean operation.
  

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• noun a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run on a different operating system
  binary.
  
  • the same source code can be compiled to produce different binaries for different operating systems

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• (Arith.), a uniform scale of notation whose ratio is two.

Webster 1913

• noun a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation
  double star; binary.
  

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• (Astron.), a double star whose members have a revolution round their common center of gravity.

Webster 1913

• noun a positional system of numeration that uses binary digits and a radix of two
  binary system; binary numeration system; binary number system.
  

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• (Chem.), the theory that all chemical compounds consist of two constituents of opposite and unlike qualities.

Webster 1913

• noun the average number of binary digits needed to express one radix digit in a numeration system that is not binary; on the average a number that can be expressed in N decimal digits takes 3.3N binary digits
  

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• noun a positional system of numeration that uses binary digits and a radix of two
  binary system; binary numeration system; binary number system.
  

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