Advertisement
Advertisement
binary notation
noun
- a number system having a base of two, numbers being expressed by sequences of the digits 0 and 1: used in computing, as 0 and 1 can be represented electrically as off and on
Discover More
Example Sentences
In binary notation, the powers of two are particularly pleasing, because they all begin with a one followed by increasing quantities of zeros: 2 = 10, 4 = 100, 8 = 1000, 16 = 10000, 32 = 100000.
From New York Times
Of the author's nine additions by the usual figures, four were wrong in one figure each; of his thirty-two additions by different forms of binary notation, five were wrong, one of them in two places.
From Project Gutenberg
With four of the observers the binary notation required nearly double the time.
From Project Gutenberg
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse