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Definition: A number system that has 2 as its base, such as a binary digit in computers. All data in a computer is stored by a sequence of ones and zeros. A single binary digit is either ON or OFF and represented as either a '1' (on) or a '0' (off).
Usage: A Byte is a sequence of eight Binary digits.
Posted by firestorm69 on July 22, 2009 at 15:57:49 Pacific

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