Definition of Binary number system

1. Noun. A positional system of numeration that uses binary digits and a radix of two.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Binary Number System

binary decimals
binary digit
binary distribution
binary distributions
binary file
binary function
binary functions
binary logarithm
binary name
binary names
binary nomenclature
binary notation
binary noun
binary number
binary number system (current term)
binary numbers
binary numeral system
binary numeration system
binary operation
binary operations
binary operator
binary operators
binary process
binary quasar
binary quasars
binary relation
binary relations
binary star
binary star system

Literary usage of Binary number system

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Number Concept: Its Origin and Development by Levi Leonard Conant (1896)
"... has by some writers been regarded as peculiar to their part of the world; as though a binary number system were not to be found elsewhere. ..."

2. Information Superhighway: Issues Affecting Development by Kenneth M. Mead (1994)
"Short for "binary digit"; either 1 or 0 in the binary number system. In processing and storage, a bit is the smallest unit of information handled by a ..."

3. The Heart of the Internet: An Insider's View of the Origin and Promise of by Jacques F. Vallee (2003)
"... it used the binary number system and could perform floating-point arithmetic. By 1943, Zuse was working on his Z4 model, which still used electronic ..."

4. The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin (1997)
"... literacy to the visual—requires at least some explanation of the relation between the visual and the human use of computers. The binary number system ..."

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