From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbinarybi‧na‧ry /ˈbaɪnəri/ adjective1 →the binary system2TWOconsisting of two partsSYN double
a binary star systemExamples from the Corpusbinary• However, for normal fixed-point binaryarithmetic, we wish to have a range of positive and negativevalues.• In binarychopping, a state is a pair of numbers.• We also welcome the abolition of the binarydivide.• This is usually the case when fixed-point binaryformat is used to representstoreaddresses, for example.• However, we can not just do this directly, attempting to read the tape simply as a binary number.• The counter's outputs are binary numbers representing 16 equidistant, cyclically generatedcarrierphase angles.• This is known as a randombinarysearchtree.From Longman Business Dictionarybinarybi‧na‧ry /ˈbaɪnəri/ adjectiveCOMPUTINGrelating to the system of numbers used in computers, that uses only the numbers 0 and 1All information inside the computer is stored in binary code.the binary systemOriginbinary(1400-1500)Late Latinbinarius, from Latinbini“two by two”
