binary

Meanings

Plural: binaries

Noun

• a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation
• 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
• A state in which only two values are possible, in which something must have one value or the other.
• The bijective base-2 numeral system, which uses only the digits 0 and 1.
• Synonym of binary file.
• Synonym of binary asteroid.
• Synonym of binary planet.
• Synonym of binary star.

Adjective

• of or pertaining to a number system have 2 as its base
  • "a binary digit"

Adjective Satellite

• 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"

Adj

• Being in one of two mutually exclusive states.
• Concerning logic whose subject matter concerns such states.
• Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system.
• Having two equally important parts; related to something with two parts.
• Of an operation, function, procedure, or logic gate, taking exactly two operands, arguments, parameters, or inputs; having domain of dimension 2.
• Of data, consisting coded values (e.g. machine code) not interpretable as plain or ASCII text (e.g. source code).
• Focusing on two mutually exclusive conditions.
• Having or pertaining to a gender identity represented by the gender binary; either male or female.

Synonyms

base 2, base-2, binary, binary asteroid, binary file, binary planet, binary program, binary star, black-and-white, double, double star, dual, dyadic, gender-binary, twin, twofold

Antonyms

non-binary, plain text, text file

Related Words

-ary, binarily, binarism, binarity, decimal, hexadecimal, octal, ternary, unary

Anagrams of binary