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Ternary vs. Binary — What's the Difference?

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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