Binary

Binary may refer to:

Science and technology

Mathematics

Computing

  • Binary code, the digital representation of text and data
  • Bit, or binary digit, the basic unit of information in computers
  • Binary file, composed of something other than human-readable text
    • Executable, a type of binary file that contains machine code for the computer to execute
  • Binary image, a digital image that has only two possible values for each pixel
  • Binary prefix, a prefix attached before a unit symbol to multiply it by a power of 2, e.g. Kbyte
  • Binary tree, a computer tree data structure in which each node has at most two children

Astronomy

Biology

  • Binary fission, the splitting of a single-celled organism into two daughter cells

Chemistry

Arts and entertainment

Music

Novel

  • Binary (novel), a 1972 novel by Michael Crichton (writing as John Lange)
  • Binary, an evil organization in the novel InterWorld

Other uses

  • Binary betting, a bet on a proposition which is quoted as a spread bet
  • Binary opposition, polar opposites, often ignoring the middle ground
  • Binary option, a financial option in which the payoff is either some fixed monetary amount or nothing at all
  • Binary Research, a company founded in Auckland, New Zealand
  • Gender binary, the classification of sex and gender into two distinct and disconnected forms of masculine and feminine

See also

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