The difference between Binary and Octal
When used as nouns, binary means a thing which can have only (one or the other of) two values, whereas octal means the number system that uses the eight digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
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 octal means concerning numbers expressed in octal or mathematical calculations performed using octal.
check bellow for the other definitions of Binary and Octal
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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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Octal as a noun (arithmetic, computing, uncountable):
The number system that uses the eight digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
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Octal as a noun (arithmetic, computing, countable):
A digit or value in the octal number system.
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Octal as an adjective (arithmetic, computing):
Concerning numbers expressed in octal or mathematical calculations performed using octal.