The difference between Binary and Non-binary
When used as nouns, binary means a thing which can have only (one or the other of) two values, whereas non-binary means something which is not a binary .
When used as adjectives, binary means 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, whereas non-binary means not binary.
check bellow for the other definitions of Binary and Non-binary
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Binary as an adjective:
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.
Examples:
"Binary states are often represented as 1 and 0 in computer science."
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Binary as an adjective (logic):
Concerning logic whose subject matter concerns binary states.
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Binary as an adjective (arithmetic, computing):
Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system.
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Binary as an adjective:
Having two equally important parts; related to something with two parts.
Examples:
"Two ingredients are combined in a binary poison."
"A binary statistical distribution has only two categories."
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Binary as an adjective (mathematics, programming, computer engineering):
Of an operation, function, procedure or logic gate, taking exactly two operands, arguments, parameters or inputs; having domain of dimension 2.
Examples:
"Division of reals is a binary operation."
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Binary as an adjective (computing):
Of data, consisting coded values (e.g. machine code) not interpretable as plain or ASCII text (e.g. source code).
Examples:
"He downloaded the binary distribution for Linux, then burned it to DVD."
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Binary as an adjective (comparable):
Focusing on two mutually exclusive conditions.
Examples:
"He has a very binary understanding of gender."
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Binary as a noun:
A thing which can have only (one or the other of) two values.
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Binary as a noun (mathematics, computing, uncountable):
The bijective base-2 numeral system, which uses only the digits 0 and 1.
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Binary as a noun (computing):
An executable computer file.
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Binary as a noun (astronomy):
A satellite system consisting of two stars or other bodies orbiting each other.
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Non-binary as an adjective:
Not binary.
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Non-binary as an adjective:
Not exclusively male or female; having or pertaining to a gender identity which is outside of the gender binary; genderqueer.
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Non-binary as a noun (computing):
Something which is not a binary .
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Non-binary as a noun:
A genderqueer person.