binary
English
/ˈbaɪ.nə.ɹi/, /ˈbaɪ.nə.ɹɪ/
adj
Definitions
- 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.
- (logic) Concerning logic whose subject matter concerns binary states.
- (arithmetic) Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system.
- Having two equally important parts; related to something with two parts.
- (mathematics) Of an operation, function, procedure or logic gate, taking exactly two operands, arguments, parameters or inputs; having domain of dimension 2.
- (computing) Of data, consisting coded values (e.g. machine code) not interpretable as plain or ASCII text (e.g. source code).
- (comparable) Focusing on two mutually exclusive conditions.
Etymology
Derived from Latin bīnārius, bīnī (pair, two-by-two).
Origin
Latin
bīnī
Gloss
pair, two-by-two
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Cognates and derived terms
- binarily English
- binariness English
- binarism English
- binarist English
- binaristic English
- binarity English
- binarization English
- binarize English
- circumbinary English
- duobinary English
- gigabinary English
- interbinary English
- intrabinary English
- kilobinary English
- megabinary English
- non-binariness English
- non-binary English
- protobinary English
- pseudobinary English
- rebinarization English
- superbinary English
- binaarijärjestelmä Finnish
- binaariluku Finnish
- binaarinen Finnish
- binaarinumero Finnish
- binaaripuu Finnish
- binäärijärjestelmä Finnish
- binääriluku Finnish
- binäärinen Finnish
- binäärinumero Finnish
- binäärioperaatio Finnish
- binäärirajapinta Finnish
- *bināre Latin
- bīnārius Latin
- bīnī Latin
- combino Latin
- binär German
- abbinare Italian
- binare Italian
- binaire French
- îmbina Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- 바이너리 Korean