Binary

1. Being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off, true or false, molten or frozen, presence or absence of a signal.
2. (logic) Concerning logic whose subject matter concerns binary states.
3. (arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system.
4. Having two equally important parts; related to something with two parts.
5. (mathematics, programming, computer engineering) Of an operation, function, procedure, or logic gate, taking exactly two operands, arguments, parameters, or inputs; having domain of dimension 2.
6. (computing) Of data, consisting coded values (e.g. machine code) not interpretable as plain or ASCII text (e.g. source code).
7. (comparable) Focusing on two mutually exclusive conditions.

SynonymsEdit

• (arity, adicity, rank): dyadic
• (logic of binary states): Boolean
• (related to something with two parts): double, twin; dual
• (of calculations with binary numbers): base-2

AntonymsEdit

• non-binary
• (arbitrary data): ASCII, text