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-Binary Bi"na*ry, a. [L. binarius, fr. bini two by two, two at
-   a time, fr. root of bis twice; akin to E. two: cf. F.
-   binaire.]
-   Compounded or consisting of two things or parts;
-   characterized by two (things).
-{Binary arithmetic}, that in which numbers are expressed
-      according to the binary scale, or in which two figures
-      only, 0 and 1, are used, in lieu of ten; the cipher
-      multiplying everything by two, as in common arithmetic by
-      ten. Thus, 1 is one; 10 is two; 11 is three; 100 is four,
-{Binary star} (Astron.), a double star whose members have a
-      revolution round their common center of gravity.
-Binary Bi"na*ry, n.
-   That which is constituted of two figures, things, or parts;
-   two; duality.
-binary
-. <mathematics> {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}.
-. <file format> Any file format for {digital} {data} encoded
-   as a sequence of {bit}s 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.
-. <programming> A description of an {operator} which takes
-   two {arguments}.
-This also refers to executable files in [[Unix]]-based systems.
-There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don`t.
-[[Category:Computer]]
-[[Category:Math]]
-[[Category:Definitions]]
-[[Category:Numerology]]

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