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binary notation

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noun

  1. a number system having a base of two, numbers being expressed by sequences of the digits 0 and 1: used in computing, as 0 and 1 can be represented electrically as off and on

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For example, a four-digit PIN is contained in a space of size 104, which corresponds to 10011100010000 in binary notation, so the entropy is 14 bits.

From Scientific American • Jun. 13, 2023

Familiar decimal numbers, which are composed of the ten digits, 0 through 9, must be translated into binary notation before they are fed into a computer.

From Time Magazine Archive

As a result, the machine can count only in what mathematicians call binary notation.

From Time Magazine Archive

Numerical information, such as figures from a payroll, can be easily translated into binary notation for storage in a computer's memory.

From Time Magazine Archive

With four of the observers the binary notation required nearly double the time.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884 by Various