There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't.
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Binary
//ˈbaɪ.nə.ɹɪ//
Synonyms for "binary" (59 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (12)
Noun(4 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (29)
Related word relations
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5 entriesRelated terms
9 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
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1 entrieshas context
7 entriesrelated to
30 entriesShowing 16 of 30 words.
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2 entriesTranslations
170 translations across 36 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- ikilik adj (using binary number system)
Belarusian
4 entries- біна́рны adj (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off)
- біна́рны adj (logic states)
- біна́рны adj (using binary number system)
- двайко́вы adj (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off)
Bulgarian
4 entries- двоен adj (equal importance)
- двоен adj (having two parts)
- двои́чен adj (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off)
- двои́чен adj (logic states)
Catalan
4 entries- binari adj (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off)
- binari adj (logic states)
- binari adj (using binary number system)
- binari adj (equal importance)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 二進 /二进 adj (logic states)
- 二進制的 /二进制的 adj (not ASCII)
- 二進制 /二进制 noun (number system)
Czech
4 entries- binární adj (using binary number system)
- binární adj (not ASCII)
- duální adj (equal importance)
- dvojkový adj (using binary number system)
Danish
1 entries- binær adj (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off)
Dutch
4 entries- binair adj (logic states)
- binair adj (using binary number system)
- binaire adj (logic states)
- binaire adj (using binary number system)
Esperanto
4 entries- binara adj (using binary number system)
- bulea adj (logic states)
- dubaza adj (using binary number system)
- duelementa adj (having two parts)
Finnish
4 entries- binääri adj (having two parts)
- binääri adj (not ASCII)
- binäärinen adj (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off)
- binäärinen adj (logic states)
French
4 entries- binaire adj (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off)
- binaire adj (logic states)
- binaire adj (using binary number system)
- binaire adj (equal importance)
Georgian
2 entries- ბინარული adj (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off)
- ორობითი adj (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off)
German
4 entries- binär adj (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off)
- binär adj (logic states)
- binär adj (using binary number system)
- binär adj (having two parts)
Greek
4 entries- διττός adj (having two parts)
- δυαδικός adj (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off)
- δυαδικός adj (logic states)
- δυαδικός adj (using binary number system)
Hindi
3 entries- द्वयाधारी adj (using binary number system)
- द्वयाधारी adj (not ASCII)
- द्वयाधार noun (number system)
Hungarian
3 entries- bináris adj (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off)
- bináris adj (logic states)
- kettes adj (using binary number system)
Icelandic
2 entries- tvístæður adj (having two parts)
- tvíunda adj (using binary number system)
Indonesian
4 entries- biner adj (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off)
- biner adj (logic states)
- biner adj (using binary number system)
- biner adj (having two parts)
Italian
2 entries- binario adj (logic states)
- binario adj (using binary number system)
Japanese
1 entries- 二進法 noun (number system)
Kazakh
2 entries- бинарлық adj (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off)
- екілік adj (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off)
Korean
4 entries- 이진 adj (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off)
- 이진 adj (using binary number system)
- 진리 adj (logic states)
- 참거짓 adj (logic states)
Latin
1 entries- binus adj (having two parts)
Malay
2 entries- perduaan noun (number system)
- perduaan noun (binary computer file)
Māori
2 entries- tāhūrua adj (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off)
- tāhūrua noun (number system)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- binær adj (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off)
- binær adj (using binary number system)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- binær adj (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off)
- binær adj (using binary number system)
Persian
1 entries- دودویی adj (using binary number system)
Polish
4 entries- binarny adj (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off)
- binarny adj (logic states)
- binarny adj (using binary number system)
- binarny adj (having two parts)
Portuguese
4 entries- binário adj (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off)
- binário adj (logic states)
- binário adj (using binary number system)
- binário noun (number system)
Romanian
4 entries- binar adj (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off)
- binar adj (logic states)
- binar adj (using binary number system)
- binar adj (equal importance)
Russian
4 entries- бина́рный adj (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off)
- бина́рный adj (logic states)
- бина́рный adj (using binary number system)
- бина́рный adj (not ASCII)
Spanish
4 entries- binario adj (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off)
- binario adj (logic states)
- binario adj (using binary number system)
- binario adj (equal importance)
Swedish
4 entries- binär adj (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off)
- binär adj (using binary number system)
- dubbel adj (equal importance)
- tudelad adj (having two parts)
Turkish
4 entries- iki terimli adj (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off)
- iki terimli adj (logic states)
- ikili adj (using binary number system)
- ikilik adj (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off)
Ukrainian
4 entries- біна́рний adj (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off)
- біна́рний adj (logic states)
- біна́рний adj (using binary number system)
- двійко́вий adj (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off)
Sample sentences
28 total sentences available.
The “Book of Changes” presents the oldest binary encoding.
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It's a binary world; the computer might be his paradigm. And many engineers seem to aspire to be binary people within in.
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There are 10 types of people in the world: those who can understand binary and those who can't.
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