The difference between Binary and Text
When used as nouns, binary means a thing which can have only (one or the other of) two values, whereas text means a writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
Binary is also adjective with the meaning: 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.
Text is also verb with the meaning: to send a text message to.
check bellow for the other definitions of Binary and Text
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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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Text as a noun:
A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
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Text as a noun:
A book, tome or other set of writings.
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Text as a noun (colloquial):
A brief written message transmitted between mobile phones; an SMS text message.
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Text as a noun (computing):
Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text (often contrasted with binary data).
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Text as a noun:
A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
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Text as a noun:
Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.; topic; theme.
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Text as a noun:
A style of writing in large characters; text-hand; also, a kind of type used in printing.
Examples:
"German text"
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Text as a verb (transitive):
To send a text message to; i.e. to transmit text using the Short Message Service (SMS), or a similar service, between communications devices, particularly mobile phones.
Examples:
"Just text me when you get here."
"I'll text the address to you as soon as I find it."
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Text as a verb (intransitive):
To send and receive text messages.
Examples:
"Have you been texting all afternoon?"
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Text as a verb:
To write in large characters, as in text hand.