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Definition of Binary
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a number system have 2 as its base. "A binary digit"
2. Noun. A system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation.
Specialized synonyms: Aldebaran, Algol, Alpha Centauri, Rigil, Rigil Kent, Altair, Antares, Epsilon Aurigae, Procyon, Beta Orionis, Rigel, Canicula, Dog Star, Sirius, Sothis, Vega
Generic synonyms: Star
3. Adjective. Consisting of two (units or components or elements or terms). "The binary number system has two as its base"
4. 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. "The same source code can be compiled to produce different binaries for different operating systems"
Generic synonyms: Computer Program, Computer Programme, Program, Programme
Definition of Binary
1. a. Compounded or consisting of two things or parts; characterized by two (things).
2. n. That which is constituted of two figures, things, or parts; two; duality.
Definition of Binary
1. Adjective. Being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off, true or false, presence or absence of a signal. ¹
2. Adjective. (logic) Concerning logic whose subject matter concerns binary states. ¹
3. Adjective. (arithmetic computing) Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system. ¹
4. Adjective. Having two equally important parts; related to something with two parts. ¹
5. Adjective. (mathematics programming computer engineering) Of an operation, function, procedure(,) or logic gate, taking exactly one operand, argument, parameter(,) or input; having domain of dimension 2. ¹
6. Adjective. (computing) Of data, consisting of arbitrary values; that is, not interpretable as plain or ASCII text. ¹
7. Noun. (mathematics computing uncountable) The bijective base-2 numeral system, which uses only the digits 0 and 1. ¹
8. Noun. (computing) An executable computer file. ¹
9. Noun. (astronomy) A star system consisting of only two stars. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Binary
1. a combination of two things [n -RIES]
Medical Definition of Binary
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Compounded or consisting of two things or parts; characterised by two (things). Binary arithmetic, 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.