Digital vs. Binary
Difference Between Digital and Binary
Digitaladjective
Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); performed with a finger.
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.
Binary states are often represented as 1 and 0 in computer science.Digitaladjective
Property of representing values as discrete, usually binary, numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.
digital computer;digital clockBinaryadjective
(logic) Concerning logic whose subject matter concerns binary states.
Digitaladjective
Of or relating to computers or the Information Age.
Digital payment systems are replacing cash transactions.Binaryadjective
Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system.
Digitalnoun
(finance) A digital option.
Binaryadjective
Having two equally important parts; related to something with two parts.
Two ingredients are combined in a binary poison.A binary statistical distribution has only two categories.Digitalnoun
(uncountable) Digital equipment or technology.
He moved to digital for the first time, using a Sony camera.Binaryadjective
Of an operation, function, procedure, or logic gate, taking exactly two operands, arguments, parameters, or inputs; having domain of dimension 2.
Division of reals is a binary operation.Digitalnoun
(music) Any of the keys of a piano or similar instrument.
Binaryadjective
(computing) Of data, consisting coded values (e.g. machine code) not interpretable as plain or ASCII text (e.g. source code).
He downloaded the binary distribution for Linux, then burned it to DVD.Digitalnoun
A finger.
Binaryadjective
(comparable) Focusing on two mutually exclusive conditions.
He has a very binary understanding of gender.Digitaladjective
of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits;
digital computerBinarynoun
A thing which can have only (one or the other of) two values.
Digitaladjective
displaying numbers rather than scale positions;
digital clockdigital readoutBinarynoun
The bijective base-2 numeral system, which uses only the digits 0 and 1.
Digitaladjective
relating to or performed with the fingers;
digital examinationBinarynoun
(computing) An executable computer file.
Binarynoun
(astronomy) A satellite system consisting of two stars or other bodies orbiting each other.
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;
a binary digitBinaryadjective
consisting of two (units or components or elements or terms) or based on two;
a binary star is a system in which two stars revolve around each othera binary compoundthe binary number system has two as its base
