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binary system en · NOUN

Meanings

1. Two gravitationally connected stars or other celestial objects which orbit around their center of mass.
   • [S]cientists from the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute found subtle dips in the light coming from a binary system about 200 million light years from Earth. 2011 December 7, Jeffrey Kluger, “Star Wars Gets Real”, in Time:
2. A numeric system with a base of 2, using only the numerals 0 and 1.
   • Quantum cryptography is one of the first applications of quantum physics, which is expected to replace today's binary system of computing, in which data is represented in series of ones and zeros. 2004 January 28, Jennifer L. Schenker, “A quantum leap in codes for secure transmissions”, in New York Times, retrieved 10 Apr 2013:

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binary star

Translations (4)

cy system ddeuaidd (math, computing: numeric system with base 2) · cmn 二進制 /二进制 (math, computing: numeric system with base 2) · pl binarny system (math, computing: numeric system with base 2) · fi binaarijärjestelmä (math, computing: numeric system with base 2)