Binary

Binary means composed of two pieces or two parts and may refer to:

Mathematics

• Binary numeral system, a representation for numbers using only two digits (usually, 0 and 1)
• Binary function, a function in mathematics that takes two arguments

Computing

• Binary file, composed of something other than human-readable text
• Executable, a type of binary file that contains machine code for the computer to execute
• Binary code, the digital representation of text and data

Science

• Binary compound, a chemical compound containing two different chemical elements
  • Binary explosive, an explosive made of two components that become explosive when mixed
  • Binary chemical weapon, containing two chemicals that when combined make a toxic agent
• Binary fission, the splitting of a single-celled organism into two daughter cells
• Binary star, a star system with two stars in it
• Binary planet, two planetary bodies of comparable mass orbiting each other
• Binary asteroid, two asteroids orbiting each other

Other

• Binary (album), the 5th studio album by Kay Tse, released on July 25, 2008
• Binary option, also known as digital option or all-or-nothing option, in finance
• Binary (novel), a 1972 novel by Michael Crichton (writing as John Lange)
• Binary (comics), a superheroine in the Marvel Universe
• Binary form, a way of structuring a piece of music
• Binary betting, a bet on a proposition which is quoted as a spread bet
• Binary opposition, polar opposites, often ignoring the middle ground
• Binary (Assemblage 23 song), a 2007 single by Assemblage 23 from the album Meta
• Binary Research, a company founded in Auckland, New Zealand by Murray Haszard in 1991 after the sale of his previous company, B32 Software

See also

• All pages beginning with "Binary"
• All pages with titles containing "Binary"
• Unary (disambiguation)
• Ternary (disambiguation)
• Quaternary (disambiguation)
• Binary prefix, indicating magnitude multipliers in a base-two number system (e.g., kilo-, kibi-, etc.)
• Binary tree, a computer tree data structure in which each node has at most two children
• Binary-coded decimal, a method for encoding for decimal digits in binary sequences
• Finger binary, a system for counting in binary numbers on the fingers of human hands
• Binomial (disambiguation)
• Gender binary, the classification of sex and gender into two distinct and disconnected forms of masculine and feminine