Binary-coded decimal system
a numerical system in which each decimal digit is represented by a unique collection of binary digits, not necessarily the same as those used in binary notation.
abbreviation: bcd.
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either of the digits 0 or 1 when used in the binary number system. bit3 (def 1). noun either of the two digits 0 or 1, used in binary notation see also bit4 binary digit either of the digits 0 or 1, used in the binary number system. see more at bit.
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a mathematical operation in which two elements are combined to yield a single result: addition and multiplication are binary operations on the set of real numbers.
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a relation between the members of a pair of linguistic items, as a pair of distinctive features, such that one is the absence of the other, as voicelessness and voice, or that one is at the opposite pole from the other, as stridency and mellowness.