Ternary vs. Binary — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Ternary and Binary
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Ternary
Composed of three or arranged in threes.
Binary
Relating to, composed of, or involving two things.
Ternary
Having the base three.
Binary
Relating to, using, or denoting a system of numerical notation that has 2 rather than 10 as a base.
Ternary
Involving three variables.
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Binary
The binary system of notation
The device is counting in binary
Ternary
A group of three.
Binary
Something having two parts.
Ternary
Made up of three things.
Binary
Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components; twofold.
Ternary
Arranged in groups of three.
Binary
Of or relating to a system of numeration having 2 as its base.
Ternary
(arithmetic) To the base three.
Binary
Of or relating to a system of encoding data using only 0's and 1's.
Ternary
(arithmetic) Having three variables.
Binary
(Chemistry) Consisting of or containing only two kinds of atoms.
Ternary
(chemistry) Containing, or consisting of, three different parts, as elements, atoms, groups, or radicals, which are regarded as having different functions or relations in the molecule.
Sodic hydroxide, NaOH, is a ternary compound.
Binary
Of or employing two comparatively nontoxic chemicals that combine to produce a deadly poison
Binary weapons.
A binary nerve agent.
Ternary
A group of three things; a trio, threesome or tierce.
Binary
(Music) Having two sections or subjects.
Ternary
(obsolete) The Holy Trinity.
Binary
A number system having 2 as its base.
Ternary
Proceeding by threes; consisting of three; as, the ternary number was anciently esteemed a symbol of perfection, and held in great veneration.
Binary
A file that contains the executable version of a computer program.
Ternary
Containing, or consisting of, three different parts, as elements, atoms, groups, or radicals, which are regarded as having different functions or relations in the molecule; thus, sodic hydroxide, NaOH, is a ternary compound.
Binary
A binary star.
Ternary
A ternion; the number three; three things taken together; a triad.
Some in ternaries, some in pairs, and some single.
Binary
Being in one of two mutually exclusive states.
Binary states are often represented as 1 and 0 in computer science.
Ternary
The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
Binary
(logic) Concerning logic whose subject matter concerns binary states.
Ternary
Having three units or components or elements;
A ternary operation
A treble row of red beads
Overcrowding made triple sessions necessary
Triple time has three beats per measure
Triplex windows
Binary
Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system.
Binary
Having two equally important parts; related to something with two parts.
Binary star
Two ingredients are combined in a binary poison.
A binary statistical distribution has only two categories.
Binary
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.
Binary
(computing) Of data, consisting coded values (e.g. machine code) not interpretable as plain or ASCII text (e.g. source code).
Plain text
He downloaded the binary distribution for Linux, then burned it to DVD.
Binary
(comparable) Focusing on two mutually exclusive conditions.
He has a very binary understanding of gender.
Binary
A state in which only two values are possible, in which something must have one value or the other.
Binary
The bijective base-2 numeral system, which uses only the digits 0 and 1.
Binary
(computing) binary file; a file consisting of data other than human-readable text.
Binary
(astronomy) binary star.
Binary
Compounded or consisting of two things or parts; characterized by two (things).
Binary
That which is constituted of two figures, things, or parts; two; duality.
Binary
A system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation
Binary
Of or pertaining to a number system have 2 as its base;
A binary digit
Binary
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 other
A binary compound
The binary number system has two as its base
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