Binary - Definition

adj 1: of or pertaining to a number system have 2 as its base;
"a binary digit"
2: consisting of two (units or components or elements or terms);
"a binary star is a system in which two stars revolve around
each other"; "a binary compound"; "the binary number system
has two as its base"
n 1: a system of two stars that revolve around each other under
their mutual gravitation [syn: binary star, binary,
double star]
2: a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under
a given operating system; a binary for one operating system
will not run on a different operating system; "the same
source code can be compiled to produce different binaries for
different operating systems" [syn: binary, binary
program]