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Definitions for binaryˈbaɪ nə ri, -nɛr i

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

bi•na•ryˈbaɪ nə ri, -nɛr i(adj.; n.)(pl.)-ries.

  1. (adj.)consisting of, indicating, or involving two.

  2. of or pertaining 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. of or pertaining to the digits or numbers used in binary notation. of or pertaining to a binary system.

    Category: Math

  3. noting a chemical compound containing only two elements or groups, as sodium chloride or methyl bromide.

    Category: Chemistry

  4. of, pertaining to, or involving a relationship between two alternatives existing in opposition to each other.

    Category: Language/Linguistics, Common Vocabulary

  5. (n.)a whole composed of two.

  6. Category: Astronomy

    Ref: binary star.

  7. Also called bi′nary num′ber. a number expressed in the binary system of notation.

    Category: Math

Origin of binary:

1350–1400; ME < LL bīnārius

Princeton's WordNet

  1. binary star, binary, double star(noun)

    a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation

  2. binary, binary program(adj)

    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"

  3. binary(adj)

    of or pertaining to a number system have 2 as its base

    "a binary digit"

  4. binary(adj)

    consisting of two (units or components or elements or terms)

    "a binary star is a system in which two stars revolve around each other"; "a binary compound"; "the binary number system has two as its base"

Wiktionary

  1. binary(Noun)

    The bijective base-2 numeral system, which uses only the digits 0 and 1.

  2. binary(Noun)

    An executable computer file.

  3. binary(Noun)

    A star system consisting of only two stars.

  4. binary(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.

    Binary states are often abstracted as 1 and 0 in computer science.

  5. binary(Adjective)

    Concerning logic whose subject matter concerns binary states.

  6. binary(Adjective)

    Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system.

  7. binary(Adjective)

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

  8. binary(Adjective)

    Of an operation, function, procedure or logic gate, taking exactly one operand, argument, parameter or input; having domain of dimension 2.

    Division of reals is a binary operation.

  9. binary(Adjective)

    Of data, consisting of arbitrary values; that is, not interpretable as plain or ASCII text.

    He downloaded the binary distribution for Linux, then burned it to DVD.

    10. Origin: From binarius, from bini.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Binary(adj)

    compounded or consisting of two things or parts; characterized by two (things)

  2. Binary(noun)

    that which is constituted of two figures, things, or parts; two; duality

Translations for binary

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

binary(noun)

the system of writing and calculating with numbers which uses only two digits (0 and 1) and has 2 as a base (101 = 1 four, 0 twos, 1 unit = 5).

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