English word binary comes from Proto-Indo-European *dwó, and later Proto-Indo-European *dwís (In two. Twice, doubly.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *dwó | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| *dwís | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | In two. Twice, doubly. |
| s | Latin (lat) | |
| bini | Latin (lat) | |
| binarius | Late Latin (LL) | |
| binary | English (en) | (astronomy) A star system consisting of only two stars.. (computing) An executable computer file.. (mathematics, computing, uncountable) The bijective base-2 numeral system, which uses only the digits 0 and 1. (arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system.. (computing) Of data, consisting coded values (e.g. machine code) not interpretable as plain [...] |