binary
pronunciation
How to pronounce binary in British English:
UK [ˈbaɪnəri]
How to pronounce binary in American English:
US [ˈbaɪnəri]
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- Noun:
- a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation
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- Adjective:
- of or pertaining to a number system have 2 as its base
- consisting of two (units or components or elements or terms) or based on two
Word Origin
- binary (adj.)
- "dual," mid-15c., from Late Latin binarius "consisting of two," from bini "twofold, two apiece, two-by-two" (used especially of matched things), from bis "double" (see bis-). Binary code in computer terminology was in use by 1952, though the idea itself is ancient. Binary star in astronomy is from 1802.
Example
- 1. My second program was converting between binary and decimal .
- 2. How do you phrase such goals in binary terms ?
- 3. The higher powers are mainly used for lunar , planetary , and binary star observations .
- 4. Digital codes are strings of binary digits-bits .
- 5. The chinese invented the abacus ; india invented the binary and the decimal systems .