Binary vs Based - What's the difference?
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Being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off, true or false, molten or frozen, presence or absence of a signal.
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(logic) Concerning logic whose subject matter concerns binary states.
(arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system.
Having two equally important parts; related to something with two parts.
(mathematics, programming, computer engineering) Of an operation, function, procedure or inputs; having domain of dimension 2.
(computing) Of data, consisting coded values not interpretable as plain or ASCII text.
(mathematics, computing, uncountable) The bijective base-2 numeral system, which uses only the digits .
(computing) An executable computer file.
(astronomy) A star system consisting of only two stars.
founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms
(base)
Being derived from (usually followed by on' or ' upon ).
Having a
Having a base of operations.
As adjectives the difference between binary and based
is that binary is being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off, true or false, molten or frozen, presence or absence of a signal while based is founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms.As a noun binary
is (mathematics|computing|uncountable) the bijective base-2 numeral system, which uses only the digits.As a verb based is
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English
(wikipedia binary)Adjective
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- Binary states are often represented as 1 and 0 in computer science.
- Two ingredients are combined in a binary poison.
- A binary statistical distribution has only two categories.
- Division of reals is a binary operation.
- He downloaded the binary distribution for Linux, then burned it to DVD.
Synonyms
* dyadic * (logic of binary states) Boolean * (of calculations with binary numbers)Antonyms
* (arbitrary data) ASCII, textDerived terms
* binary antonym * binary arithmetic * binary code * binary compound * binary digit * binary distribution * binary fission * binary function * binary logarithm * binary name * binary noun * binary number * binary numeral system * binary operation * binary operator * binary quasar * binary relation * binary star * binary star system * binary system * binary tree * contact binary * gender binarySee also
* unary * ternaryNoun
(binaries) (wikipedia binary)Synonyms
* * (system of two stars) binary star, double starDerived terms
* binary-coded decimal * visual binary * X-ray binarySee also
* -ary * decimal * hexadecimal * octalAnagrams
*based
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- That was a soundly based argument.
Derived terms
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(head)- It's a new film based on a best-selling novel.
- The ladder is based on the even sidewalk for stability.
- The company is based in New York.