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Added 9 October 2026

binary

/ˈbaɪ.nə.ɹɪ/ adjective

In Latin: binus Wiktionary

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Being in one of two mutually exclusive states.
Binary states are often represented as 1 and 0 in computer science.
Concerning logic whose subject matter concerns such states.
Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system.

noun

A set of two possible opposed or mutually exclusive states or categories, where everything is held to belong to either one category or the other.
The bijective base-2 numeral system, which uses only the digits 0 and 1.
Ellipsis of binary file.

Origin

Inherited from Middle English binarie. By surface analysis, bin- + -ary.

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