• Look up binary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Binary may refer to: Binary number, a representation of numbers using only two values (0 and 1) for...
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    Non-binary or genderqueer gender identities are those that are outside the male/female gender binary. Non-binary identities often fall under the transgender...
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    A binary star or binary star system is a system of two stars that are gravitationally bound to and in orbit around each other. Binary stars in the night...
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  • A binary number is a number expressed in the base-2 numeral system or binary numeral system, a method for representing numbers that uses only two symbols...
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    system used is often "0" and "1" from the binary number system. The binary code assigns a pattern of binary digits, also known as bits, to each character...
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    In computer science, binary search, also known as half-interval search, logarithmic search, or binary chop, is a search algorithm that finds the position...
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    A binary file is a computer file that is not a text file. The term "binary file" is often used as a term meaning "non-text file". Many binary file formats...
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    In computer science, a binary tree is a tree data structure in which each node has at most two children, referred to as the left child and the right child...
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  • A binary opposition (also binary system) is a pair of related terms or concepts that are opposite in meaning. Binary opposition is the system of language...
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  • A binary prefix is a unit prefix that indicates a multiple of a unit of measurement by an integer power of two. The most commonly used binary prefixes...
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  • binary option is a financial exotic option in which the payoff is either some fixed monetary amount or nothing at all. The two main types of binary options...
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    Fujiwhara effect, sometimes referred to as the Fujiwara interaction or binary interaction, is a phenomenon that occurs when two nearby cyclonic vortices...
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    A binary image is a digital image that consists of pixels that can have one of exactly two colors, usually black and white. Each pixel is stored as a single...
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    a binary operation or dyadic operation is a rule for combining two elements (called operands) to produce another element. More formally, a binary operation...
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  • A binary trigger (or pull and release trigger) is a type of device that allows a semi-automatic firearm to fire at an increased rate. A binary trigger...
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  • of binary system are binary stars and binary asteroids, but brown dwarfs, planets, neutron stars, black holes and galaxies can also form binaries. A multiple...
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  • sexagesimal time as a binary value, but presently binary clocks also exist which display hours, minutes, and seconds as binary numbers. Most binary clocks are digital...
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    In astronomy, a contact binary is a binary star system whose component stars are so close that they touch each other or have merged to share their gaseous...
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    The gender binary (also known as gender binarism) is the classification of gender into two distinct forms of masculine and feminine, whether by social...
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    An application binary interface (ABI) is an interface exposed by software that is defined for in-process machine code access. Often, the exposing software...
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    "accretion-powered pulsars": a class of X-ray binaries. Low-mass X-ray binary pulsars: a class of low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXB), a pulsar with a main sequence...
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    A binary heap is a heap data structure that takes the form of a binary tree. Binary heaps are a common way of implementing priority queues.: 162–163 ...
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  • A binary explosive or two-component explosive is an explosive consisting of two components, neither of which is explosive by itself, which have to be mixed...
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    to binary floating-point. For example, the decimal number 0.1 is not representable in binary floating-point of any finite precision; the exact binary representation...
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  • Binary acids or hydracids are certain molecular compounds in which hydrogen is bonded with one other nonmetallic element. This distinguishes them from...
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    In computer science, a binary search tree (BST), also called an ordered or sorted binary tree, is a rooted binary tree data structure with the key of each...
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  • XLT86 in 1981. Binary optimizer (binary-to-binary) Binary translator (binary-to-binary) Decompiler (binary-to-source) Disassembler (binary-to-source) Dynamic...
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    the binary logarithm of 1 is 0, the binary logarithm of 2 is 1, the binary logarithm of 4 is 2, and the binary logarithm of 32 is 5. The binary logarithm...
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  • software, proprietary software only available as a binary executable is referred to as a blob or binary blob. The term usually refers to a device driver...
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  • Binary data is data whose unit can take on only two possible states. These are often labelled as 0 and 1 in accordance with the binary numeral system and...
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