binary
noun/ˈbaɪnəri/
/ˈbaɪnəri/, /ˈbaɪneri/
(plural binaries)
- [uncountable] (computing, mathematics) a system of numbers that uses only 0 and 1
- The computer performs calculations in binary and converts the results to decimal.
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- [countable] a way of looking at something that divides it into just two different categories
- They argue that it is important to go beyond the binaries of male and female, gay and straight.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘duality, a pair’): from late Latin binarius, from bini ‘two together’.
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