binary

English Online Dictionary. What means binary‎? What does binary mean?

English

Etymology

From Late Latin bīnārius (“consisting of two”), from Latin bīnī (“two-by-two, pair”). By surface analysis, bin- +‎ -ary.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪ.nə.ɹɪ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪ.nə.ɹi/, /ˈbaɪ.nɛɹ.i/
• Rhymes: -aɪnɛɹi, -aɪnəɹi

Adjective

binary (comparative more binary, superlative most binary)

1. Being in one of two mutually exclusive states.
2. (logic) Concerning logic whose subject matter concerns binary states.

   Synonym: Boolean

3. (arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system.

   Synonym: base-2

4. Having two equally important parts; related to something with two parts.

   Synonyms: dyadic, double, twin; see also Thesaurus:dual

5. (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.

6. (computing) Of data, consisting coded values (e.g. machine code) not interpretable as plain or ASCII text (e.g. source code).

   Antonym: plain text

7. (comparable) Focusing on two mutually exclusive conditions.

9. (biology, sociology) Having or pertaining to a gender identity represented by the gender binary; either male or female.

   Synonym: gender-binary

   Antonym: non-binary

Synonyms

• black-and-white

Antonyms

• non-binary

Derived terms

Related terms

• binarily
• binarity

Translations

See also

• unary
• ternary

Noun

binary (countable and uncountable, plural binaries)

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

   Synonym: base 2
3. (computing) Synonym of binary file

   Antonyms: non-binary, text file
4. (astronomy) Synonym of binary asteroid.
5. (astronomy) Synonym of binary planet.
6. (astronomy) Synonym of binary star.

   Synonym: double star

Hypernyms

• (astronomy): celestial object

Hyponyms

• (astronomy: asteroid): contact binary
• (astronomy: star): visual binary, X-ray binary

Derived terms

• binary-coded decimal
• LOLBin

Related terms

• binarism (see there for more)

Translations

See also

• -ary
• decimal
• hexadecimal
• octal

Further reading

• binary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• brainy