Binary

Definitions: Binary

Binary

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to a number system have 2 as its base; "a binary digit".

2. Consisting of two (units or components or elements or terms) or based on two; "a binary star is a system in which two stars revolve around each other"; "a binary compound"; "the binary number system has two as its base".

Noun

1. A system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation.

Date "binary" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Binary

Domain	Definitions
Computing	Binary 1. Base two. A number representation consisting of zeros and ones used by practically all computers because of its ease of implementation using digital electronics and Boolean algebra. 2. Any file format for digital data encoded as a sequence of bits but not consisting of a sequence of printable characters (text). The term is often used for executable machine code. Of course all digital data, including characters, is actually binary data (unless it uses some (rare) system with more than two discrete levels) but the distinction between binary and text is well established. 3. A description of an operator which takes two arguments. See also unary, ternary. (1998-07-29). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Aerospace	1. Involving the integer two (2). See binary notation. 2. =binary cell.3. =binary star. (references)
Finance	A math system based on 2s rather than lOs, using only the digits O and 1. It is the operating system for computers. (references)
Geography	A system which appears as a single point of light to the eye but consists actually of 2 stars rotating about a common centre of gravity. Source: European Union. (references)
Geological	Based upon the integer two. Binary Code is composed of a combination of entities that can assume one of two possible conditions (0 or 1). An example in binary notation of the digits 111 would represent (1 X 2) + (1 X 2) + (1 X 2) = 4 + 2 + 1 = 7. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Binary

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In mathematics and computer science, the base-two or binary numeral system is a representation for numbers that uses only zeroes and ones as digits. See binary numeral system for detail.
In computing, a binary computer file is one that is not human-readable, especially when referring to object code versus source code. See binary and text files.
In astronomy, binary is short for binary star, a stellar system consisting of two nearby stars that revolve around a common center of mass.
In literature, a 1972 novel by Michael Crichton, writting as John Lange.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Binary."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Binary

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
BID	English	Binary instruction deck	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Binary

Synonyms: binary star (n), double star (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Binary

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Accompaniment	Adjective: two, twin; dual, dualistic, double; binary, binomial; twin, biparous; dyadic; conduplicate; duplex; biduous, binate, diphyletic, dispermic, unijugate; tete-a-tete.
Number	Binary number, octal number, hexadecimal number.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Binary

English words defined with "binary": Algol, ASCII, ASCII character ♦ -ate ♦ Binary arithmetic, binary arithmetic operation, binary code, Binary compound, binary digit, binary file, Binary logarithms, Binary measure, Binary nomenclature, binary notation, binary number system, binary numeration system, binary operation, Binary salt, Binary scale, Binary star, binary system, bit, bit field, Boride ♦ calcium hydride, carbide, commutative ♦ Dicyanide, Diiodide, Disulphide, Dyadic arithmetic ♦ equivalent-binary-digit factor, Ethide ♦ fourfold point correlation ♦ H.P., H2O, Haloid, hydride, Hydrogenide, hydrolith, Hydruret ♦ -ide ♦ Metallic sulphide, Methide ♦ phi coefficient, phi correlation, Phosphide, pure binary numeration system ♦ Quantic ♦ Rudolf Karl Virchow, Rudolf Virchow ♦ Selenide, sodium hydride, Sulphion, Sulphionide ♦ telluride ♦ Virchow ♦ water ♦ Zincide. (references)

Specialty definitions using "binary": Application Binary Interface ♦ balanced binary search tree, balanced binary tree, binary calculation, binary cell, binary chain, binary coded decimal, Binary Compatibility Standard, binary counter, Binary Cycle Geothermal Plants, binary data, binary device, binary exponential backoff, binary four, binary GCD algorithm, binary heap, binary insertion sort, binary large object, binary magnetic core, binary package, binary point, binary search tree, binary stars, Binary Synchronous Transmission, Binary Theory, binary tree, binary tree representation of trees, binary unit of information content ♦ complete binary tree ♦ equivalent binary digits, extended binary tree ♦ fat binary, full binary tree ♦ height-balanced binary search tree ♦ magnetic binary core ♦ perfect binary tree, pseudo-random binary sequence ♦ randomized binary search tree ♦ serial binary coded decimal ♦ Windows Application Binary Interface. (references)

Etymologies containing "binary": Binal ♦ Hydrogenide ♦ silicide. (references)

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Modern Usage: Binary

Domain

Usage

Screenplays

I wish I were home reading funny stories in binary. (Freakazoid!; writing credit: Alan Burnett; Paul Dini)

You see, if you take any progressive series, it can be converted into binary notation. (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco)

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Commercial Usage: Binary

Domain	Title
Books	Binary (reference) Binary Decision Diagrams and Applications for Vlsi CAD (Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, 342) (reference) Binary Diffusion Coefficients of Liquid Vapors in Gases (reference) Binary Fusion and the Millennium Bug (reference) Binary Star (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Aavso Eclipsing Binary Ephemeris (reference) (more periodical examples)
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Image Slideshow: Binary

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Photo Album: Binary

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Near-infrared image of young binary stars with a faint companion (a planet?). (Produced with the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS), Hubble Space Telescope.).Credit: NASA.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Binary

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Trichomonas vaginalis resides in the female lower genital tract and the male urethra and prostate, where it replicates by binary fission. (references)
		ALT is a continuous variable, but the decision to discard a unit of blood is a binary one. Thus, healthy donors with borderline elevations of ALT may be deferred or permanently excluded from donating blood. (references)
		Cysts are the parasite stage responsible for transmission of balantidiasis . The host most often acquires the cyst through ingestion of contaminated food or water . Following ingestion, excystation occurs in the small intestine, and the trophozoites colonize the large intestine . The trophozoites reside in the lumen of the large intestine of humans and animals, where they replicate by binary fission, during which conjugation may occur . Trophozoites undergo encystation to produce infective cysts . Some trophozoites invade the wall of the colon and multiply. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Binary

"Binary" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 86.94% of the time. "Binary" is used about 558 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	86.94%	485	12,309
Noun (singular)	11.63%	65	41,645
Noun (proper)	1.43%	8	124,375
Total	100.00%	558	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Binary

Expressions using "binary": application Binary Interface ♦ Binary arithmetic ♦ binary arithmetic operation ♦ binary calculation ♦ binary character ♦ binary chemical munition ♦ binary code ♦ binary coded decimal ♦ binary Compatibility Standard ♦ binary compound ♦ binary compound semiconductor ♦ binary counter ♦ binary data ♦ binary digit ♦ binary element ♦ binary exponential backoff ♦ binary file ♦ binary fission ♦ binary four ♦ binary large object ♦ Binary logarithms ♦ Binary measure ♦ Binary nomenclature ♦ binary notation ♦ binary number ♦ binary number system ♦ binary numeration system ♦ binary operation ♦ binary package ♦ Binary salt ♦ Binary scale ♦ binary search ♦ binary star ♦ binary stars ♦ binary Synchronous Transmission ♦ binary system ♦ Binary theory ♦ binary threshold unit ♦ binary tree ♦ binary unit of information content ♦ extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code ♦ fat binary ♦ pure binary numeration system ♦ serial binary coded decimal ♦ TCS binary ♦ the binary notation ♦ windows Application Binary Interface. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "binary": binary-accretion, binary-coded, binary-compatibility, binary-compatible, binary-is, binary-level, binary-only, binary-to-binary.
	Ending with "binary": binary-to-binary, non-binary, trans-binary.
	Containing "binary": contains-binary-of, requires-binary-of.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Binary

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
binary	521	binary search tree	35
alt binary	208	binary conversion	33
binary code	180	binary search	32
binary translator	106	free usenet binary	32
binary data file	100	alt binary picture newsgroup	32
binary numbers	100	binary code translator	32
binary newsgroup	95	binary free news server	31
binary converter	91	binary fission	30
binary editor	79	binary clock	30
binary star	73	binary news reader	30
alt binary free newsgroup	60	binary lyrics star	26
alt binary newsgroup	52	free binary newsgroup	26
binary tree	51	binary conversion decimal	24
alt binary picture	51	decode binary	23
binary decimal	48	binary boy	23
usenet binary	42	binary calculator	23
binary file	41	binary text	22
binary system	36	binary picture	22
ascii binary	36	free binary	20
binary arts	35	binary news	19
		binary usenet archive	19
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Modern Translations: Binary

Language		Translations for "binary"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		dyjor. (various references)

Arabic		‏مزدوج (double, dual, geminate, paired, twin), ‏نجم ثنائي, ‏ثنائي (bi-, bilateral, dual, duet, duo, duple, pair, twofold, twosome), ‏شىء ثنائي, ‏شطري. (various references)

Bulgarian		двоен (double, dual, duplex, duplicate, geminate, twin, two ply, twofold). (various references)

Chinese		二进制. (various references)

Czech		dvojitý (double, duplex, two ply, twofold). (various references)

Danish		binær, fysisk dobbeltstjerne. (various references)

Dutch		binair. (various references)

Esperanto		binara, duuma. (various references)

Farsi		مضاعف (Multiple), جفتی (Parity), دوتاءی (Couplement, Dual, Duplex). (various references)

Finnish		binaarinen, binäärinen. (various references)

French		binaire. (various references)

German		binär. (various references)

Greek		δυαδικός. (various references)

Hebrew		ש� יו� י (secondary), בי� רי. (various references)

Hungarian		biner, kettes számrendszerű, kettes alapú, kettõs (bi-, double, dual, duplex, geminate, twin, twofold, twosome), kétváltozós (bivariate), kétkomponensû, kétalkotós. (various references)

Indonesian		biner, sepasang (pair), kembar (double, twin). (various references)

Italian		binario (line, rail, rails, railtrack, railway, skid, track). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		二進 , バイキング料理 (bicology, bicycle motocross, bike, binary dump, binary file, bin-aural, binder, bisexual, bite, bypass, byte, byte swap, byte-code, byte-compile, motorcycle, smorgasbord, viper, vitality, work). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		バイナリー , バイナリ , にし�" (double-dealing, duplicity, herring, postscript, PS, treachery). (various references)

Korean		이원. (various references)

Manx		jeesoil. (various references)

Pig Latin		inarybay

Portuguese		binário (bending moment, moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, moment of force, ring, torque, turning moment, twisting moment). (various references)

Romanian		binar. (various references)

Russian		двойной (double, double-bedded, dual, duple, duplex, duplicate, twin, two ply, twofold, two-ply). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		binarni. (various references)

Spanish		binario. (various references)

Swedish		binär (twofold). (various references)

Thai		ทวิ� าค. (various references)

Turkish		ikili (bipartite, double, dual, duo-, duple, duplex, two), çift (ambi-, amphi-, bi-, brace, conjugate, couple, dipl-, diplo, double, dual, duet, duple, duplicate, dyad, even, geminate, pair, twin, yoke). (various references)

Ukranian		подвійний (bifold, bigeminal, double, dual, duplex, duplicate, twain, twin, two ply, twofold). (various references)

Vietnamese		nhị phân, nhị nguyên, đôi (couple, double, pair, two). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Binary

Derivations
	Words ending with "binary": nonbinary. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Binary" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ba-aby, bagary, Bagnara, Bancario, benadryl, benare, Bennery, bianary, bifar, bigary, Bijnor, bilary, Bilauri, bina, binar, binari, binart, binbay, bindary, binery, Bintrey, bionary, boary, Bonaly, bonar, Bugnariu, Buhari, dinary, Hinari, Inkariy, Mingary, Nibari, Tinari, vinary, vinnary. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Binary"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "binary" (pronounced bī"nerē)
4	-ī" n er ē	finery, refinery, winery.
3	-n er ē	cannery, chicanery, fernery, greenery, gunnery, joinery, machinery, nunnery, ornery, plenary, scenery.
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Anagrams: Binary

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: brainy.
	Words within the letters "a-b-i-n-r-y"
	-1 letter: bairn, barny, brain, briny, rainy.
	-2 letters: abri, airn, airy, ayin, bani, barn, bran, bray, brin, inby, nary, rain, rani, yarn.
	-3 letters: aby, ain, air, ani, any, arb, ban, bar, bay, bin, bra, nab, nay, nib, ran, ray, ria, rib, rin, rya, yar, yin.
	-4 letters: ab, ai, an, ar, ay, ba, bi, by, in, na.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-i-n-r-y"
	+1 letter: bairnly, braying.
	+2 letters: banditry, baryonic, brainily, brawnily, urbanity, vibrancy.
	+3 letters: betraying, bewraying, bracingly, brandying, cabinetry, incurably, labyrinth, nonbinary, vibrantly, yabbering.
	+4 letters: antibaryon, bewearying, binaurally, blarneying, bradykinin, brilliancy, carbonylic, chinaberry, corybantic, debonairly, inarguably, incubatory, inexorably, invariably, labyrinths, nonlibrary, ramblingly, terminably.
	+5 letters: ablutionary, abnormality, absorbingly, antibaryons, banteringly, beneficiary, bicentenary, bimillenary, binocularly, bradykinins, brainlessly, brainsickly, bricklaying, brilliantly, bronchially, chrysarobin, combinatory, cybernation, embracingly, impregnably, inalterably, infrangibly, innumerably, insalubrity, inscrutably, inseparably, insuperably, intolerably, intractably, keyboarding, libationary, rentability, stringybark, undesirably.
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