binary
binary
Definition
bi·nary (bī′nə rē)
adjective
- made up of two parts or things; twofold; double
- designating or of a number system in which the base used is two, each number being expressed in powers of two by using only two digits, specif. 0 and 1
- designating or of a musical form consisting of two closely related sections
- Chem. composed of two elements or radicals, or of one element and one radical binary compounds
Etymology: ME binarie < L binarius < bini, two by two < bis, double < IE *duis < base *dwōu-, two
noun pl. -·ries
- something made up of two parts or things
- binary star
binary
Synonyms
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Telecom Definition
See binary notation.
binary
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- compile: If you use this installation of GAP on different hardware platforms you will have to compile the binary for each platform separately.
- install: In most cases it is best to specify the global cgi-bin directory as the place to install the binary.
Adjective modifier
- precompiled: It comes with RedHat Linux and you can get precompiled binaries for SGI.
- pre-compiled: Pre-compiled binaries are available for some of the more popular operating systems.
- cataclysmic: Alt_Name A frequently used alternative name of the cataclysmic binary.
- pre-built: A quick glance at the pre-built binary really caught my eye.
- executable: If the executable binary still does not run you may need to proceed with next step.
- ace: Nevertheless, despite the warning, in this event, the ACE interface function passes the value to the ACE binary.
Modifies a noun
- digit: The modem converts the binary digits to a series of tones, which is the only way to pass a signal down the PSTN.
- compatibility: Binary compatibility has playing only a tiny role in the overall Unix picture.
- fission: Given the proper environmental conditions, bacteria reproduce very quickly by binary fission.
- opposition: Binary oppositions can be traced even in visual images.
- pulsar: Pulsar B was discovered in October 2003 during a test of a new technique to search for fast binary pulsars ( Lyne et al.
- arithmetic: To win, the player should determine using binary arithmetic to keep each row even in value.
Noun used with modifier
- low-mass: BII The Galactic Latitude of the low-mass X-ray binary.
- X-ray: In X-ray binaries a black hole or neutron star is devouring material from its companion star.
- a.out: If you want to run the a.out binaries, you have to have support for that in the kernel.
- neutron: The reasons for this lie in the rough conceptual division of the signal from a coalescing neutron star binary into two parts.
- linux: The Jolt CoD2 Public Servers will be getting the patch as soon as the linux binaries are released.
- rpm: Some rpm binary installs insist on putting programs in /opt ( such as the KDE desktop ( http://www.kde.org ) and cannot be redirected elsewhere.
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