Dictionary Entry
binary
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈbaɪ.nə.ɹɪ/Word FrequencyCommon (4.37)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)A thing which can have only (one or the other of) two values.
In a Sentence
“The computer's language is binary, using only 0s and 1s to represent all information.”
Published Usage Examples
“Since switches can be either on or off, they have a binary character, and we say that the computer uses binary arithmetic to do its work.”
“PL1 ' (SEGmented loader) would take the binary file, link all the binary libraries that you specify and produce a file named”
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Origin
From Latin 'binarius', meaning 'consisting of two'.
Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “binary”
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