Digital vs. Binary
Digitaladjective
Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); performed with a finger.
Digitaladjective
Property of representing values as discrete, usually binary, numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.
Digitaladjective
Of or relating to computers or the Information Age.
Digitalnoun
(finance) A digital option.
Digitalnoun
(uncountable) Digital equipment or technology.
Digitalnoun
(music) Any of the keys of a piano or similar instrument.
Digitalnoun
A finger.
Digitaladjective
Of or pertaining to the fingers; done with the fingers; as, digital compression; digital examination.
Digitaladjective
of or pertaining to digits{3}; expressed in digits{3}, or using digits{3}; as, a digital display; a digital clock.
Digitaladjective
performing internal logical and arithmetic operations by means of digits, usually represented as binary numbers. Contrasted to analog, wherein variables are represented as coninuous physical quantities such as voltages or the position of a pointer on a continuous scale; as, a digital computer.
Digitaladjective
of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits;
Digitaladjective
displaying numbers rather than scale positions;
Digitaladjective
relating to or performed with the fingers;
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.
