ALL meanings of binary
bi·na·ry
B b - adjective binary Binary describes something that has two different parts. 4
- adjective binary The binary system expresses numbers using only the two digits 0 and 1. It is used especially in computing. 3
- uncountable noun binary Binary is the binary system of expressing numbers. 3
- adjective binary composed of, relating to, or involving two; dual 3
- adjective binary of, relating to, or expressed in binary notation or binary code 3
- adjective binary (of a compound or molecule) containing atoms of two different elements 3
- adjective binary (of an alloy) consisting of two components or phases 3
- adjective binary (of an educational system) consisting of two parallel forms of education such as the grammar school and the secondary modern in Britain 3
- adjective binary (of a relation, expression, or operation) applying to two elements of its domain; having two argument places; dyadic 3
- noun binary something composed of two parts or things 3
- adjective binary made up of two parts or things; twofold; double 3
- adjective binary designating or of a number system in which the base used is two, each number being expressed in powers of two by using only two digits, specif. 0 and 1 3
- adjective binary designating or of a musical form consisting of two closely related sections 3
- adjective binary composed of two elements or radicals, or of one element and one radical 3
- noun binary something made up of two parts or things 3
- noun binary binary star 3
- adjective binary consisting of, indicating, or involving two. 1
- adjective binary Mathematics. of or relating to a system of numerical notation to the base 2, in which each place of a number, expressed as 0 or 1, corresponds to a power of 2. The decimal number 58 appears as 111010 in binary notation, since 58 = 1 × 2 5 + 1 × 2 4 + 1 × 2 3 + 0 × 2 2 + 1 × 2 1 + 0 × 2 0 . of or relating to the digits or numbers used in binary notation. of or relating to a binary system. (of an operation) assigning a third quantity to two given quantities, as in the addition of two numbers. 1
- adjective binary Computers. of, relating to, or written in binary code; programmed or encoded using only the digits 0 and 1: All executable programs on the computer are stored in binary files. 1
- adjective binary Chemistry. noting a compound containing only two elements or groups, as sodium chloride, methyl bromide, or methyl hydroxide. 1
- adjective binary Metallurgy. (of an alloy) having two principal constituents. 1
- noun plural binary a whole composed of two. 1
- noun plural binary Mathematics. a system of numerical notation to the base 2, in which each place of a number, expressed as 0 or 1, corresponds to a power of 2: to convert decimal to binary. 1
- noun plural binary Also called binary number. Mathematics. a number expressed in the binary system of notation. 1
- noun plural binary Computers. binary code. 1
- noun plural binary Computers. an executable file stored in binary format. 1
- noun plural binary Astronomy. binary star. 1
- noun Definition of binary in Technology 1. (mathematics) Base two. A number representation consisting of zeros and ones used by practically all computers because of its ease of implementation using digital electronics and Boolean algebra. 2. (file format) binary file. 3. (programming) A description of an operator which takes two arguments. See also unary, ternary. 1
- adjective binary relating to 2-digit system 1
- noun binary mathematics: binary number 1
- adjective binary twofold 1
- noun binary (Uncountable Noun) (mathematics, computing) The bijective base-2 numeral system, which uses only the digits 0 and 1. 0
- noun binary (computing) An executable computer file. 0
- noun binary (astronomy) A star system consisting of only two stars. 0
- adjective binary 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. 0
- adjective binary (logic) Concerning logic whose subject matter concerns binary states. 0
- adjective binary (arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system. 0
- adjective binary Having two equally important parts; related to something with two parts. 0
- adjective binary (mathematics, programming, computer engineering) Of an operation, function, procedure, or logic gate, taking exactly two operands, arguments, parameters, or inputs; having domain of dimension 2. 0
- adjective binary (computing) Of data, consisting coded values (e.g. machine code) not interpretable as plain or ASCII text (e.g. source code). 0