Binary
1. <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.
2. <file format> 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. <programming> A description of an
operator which takes two arguments.
See also
unary,
ternary.
