binary code

binary code

[′bīn·ə·rē ¦kōd]

(computer science)

A code in which each allowable position has one of two possible states, commonly 0 and 1; the binary number system is one of many binary codes.

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binary code

A coding system made up of binary digits. See binary numbers, BCD and data code.

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