binary
part of speech
adjective (binary); noun (binary — the binary system)
meaning for a pupil
1) A way of writing numbers using only the digits 0 and 1, which computers use. tree →
2) Made of two parts, or having only two choices, like yes or no, on or off. tree →
3) A binary star is a pair of stars that go round each other. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the mystic school: In notes 10–15 every number is also read in binary: 10 is two, 11 is three, 12 is 1100, 13 is 1101, 14 is 1110, 15 is 1111. In the primary lessons: In computing lessons, binary is how computers store everything as ones and zeros (bits). In maths, it is base 2 instead of our usual base 10. In science, binary stars orbit each other. In talk about people, «non-binary» describes someone who does not feel only male or only female.
examples
- Read 10 in binary and it is not ten. (note 10) tree →
- Binary is not cold. (note 10) tree →
- Ten in binary is a pair. (note 10) tree →
- Read in binary, 10 is two, the smallest family: one that acts and one that answers, the builder and the debugger, the Godmother and her critic, the human who runs it and the model that runs. A world of one is only a monologue. (lesson 022) tree →
- Binary is the honest end of every long argument: a gate passes or it does not, and a gate that cannot show 0 is not a gate. So the zero is not the enemy of the one; it is the proof that the one meant something. (lesson 022) tree →
- Computers store pictures and songs in binary. tree →
- In binary, the number 5 is written 101. tree →
- We made bracelets with beads in binary code. tree →
- A light switch is binary: it is on or off. tree →
- Each 0 or 1 in binary is called a bit. tree →
- Sirius is a binary star. tree →
- The question was binary: you could only answer yes or no. tree →
note
Said «BYE-nuh-ree». In maths, binary place values go 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 (doubling) instead of 1, 10, 100: so binary 1010 = 8 + 2 = 10. Trap: «10» in binary means two, not ten. Not to be confused with «binocular» (two eyes).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «binary» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.