BINARIES - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

consisting of two (units or components or elements or terms)

Example: 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

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Adjective

of or pertaining to a number system have 2 as its base

Example: a binary digit

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Noun

a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system

Example: 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

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Noun

a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation