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binary

Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪ.nə.ɹɪ/

The English word “binary” has 10 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Being in one of two mutually exclusive states.
  2. Concerning logic whose subject matter concerns such states.
  3. Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system.
  4. Having two equally important parts; related to something with two parts.
  5. Of an operation, function, procedure, or logic gate, taking exactly two operands, arguments, parameters, or inputs; having domain of dimension 2.
  6. Of data, consisting coded values (e.g. machine code) not interpretable as plain or ASCII text (e.g. source code).
  7. Focusing on two mutually exclusive conditions.
  8. Having or pertaining to a gender identity represented by the gender binary; either male or female.

noun

  1. A state in which only two values are possible, in which something must have one value or the other.
  2. The bijective base-2 numeral system, which uses only the digits 0 and 1.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English binarie. By surface analysis, bin- + -ary.

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