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
2.
file format Any file format for
digital data encoded
as a sequence of
bits but not consisting of a sequence of
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
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