Binary vs. Octal
Binaryadjective
Being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off, true or false, molten or frozen, presence or absence of a signal.
Binaryadjective
(logic) Concerning logic whose subject matter concerns binary states.
Binaryadjective
Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system.
Binaryadjective
Having two equally important parts; related to something with two parts.
Binaryadjective
Of an operation, function, procedure, or logic gate, taking exactly two operands, arguments, parameters, or inputs; having domain of dimension 2.
Binaryadjective
(computing) Of data, consisting coded values (e.g. machine code) not interpretable as plain or ASCII text (e.g. source code).
Binaryadjective
(comparable) Focusing on two mutually exclusive conditions.
Binarynoun
A thing which can have only (one or the other of) two values.
Binarynoun
The bijective base-2 numeral system, which uses only the digits 0 and 1.
Binarynoun
(computing) An executable computer file.
Binarynoun
(astronomy) A satellite system consisting of two stars or other bodies orbiting each other.
Binaryadjective
Compounded or consisting of two things or parts; characterized by two (things).
Binarynoun
That which is constituted of two figures, things, or parts; two; duality.
Binarynoun
a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation
Binaryadjective
of or pertaining to a number system have 2 as its base;
Binaryadjective
consisting of two (units or components or elements or terms) or based on two;
Binaryadjective
relating to, composed of, or involving two things.
Binaryadjective
relating to, using, or denoting a system of numerical notation that has 2 rather than 10 as a base.
Binarynoun
the binary system of notation
Binarynoun
something having two parts.
Binarynoun
a binary star.
Octalnoun
The number system that uses the eight digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
Octalnoun
A digit or value in the octal number system.
Octaladjective
Concerning numbers expressed in octal or mathematical calculations performed using octal.
Octaladjective
of or pertaining to a number system having 8 as its base;
Octal
The octal numeral system, or oct for short, is the base-8 number system, and uses the digits 0 to 7, that is to say 10 represents 8 in decimal and 100 represents 64 in decimal. However, English uses a base-10 number language system and so a true octal system might use different language to avoid confusion with the decimal system.
