Binary

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• In mathematics and computer science, the base-two or binary numeral system is a representation for numbers that uses only zeroes and ones as digits. See binary numeral system for detail.
• In computing, a binary computer file is one that is not human-readable, especially when referring to object code versus source code. See binary and text files.
• In astronomy, binary is short for binary star, a stellar system consisting of two nearby stars that revolve around a common center of mass.
• In literature, a 1972 novel by Michael Crichton, writing as John Lange.

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Binary" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary, used under the GNU Free Documentation License