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| Aldebaran |
an orange binary star in the constellation Taurus, having a combined magnitude of 0.9. |
| Algol |
an eclipsing binary star in the constellation Perseus, having a magnitude that varies between 2.3 and 3.4. |
| Antares |
a red binary star in the constellation Scorpius, having a combined magnitude of 1.0. |
| bit3 |
a unit of information in a computer; binary digit. |
| bubble memory |
a solid-state computer device that stores information, coded into binary digits, in microscopic magnetized areas in sheets, as of garnet. |
| byte |
in computers, a basic unit of operation, usu. equal to eight binary digits or bits. |
| carbide |
a binary compound of carbon and another element, such as calcium or various metals. |
| code |
the arrangement of statements in a computer program, in which letters and numerical figures are represented as binary numbers. [1/6 definitions] |
| -ide |
used in the names of binary chemical compounds and chemical compounds related to or derived from other compounds. |
| Mizar |
a binary star in the constellation Ursa Major, having a magnitude of 2.2. |
| nonbinary |
combined form of binary. |
| Perseus |
an autumn constellation in the northern sky, located between Auriga and Andromeda and containing Algol, a variable eclipsing binary star. [1/2 definitions] |
| Polaris |
a variable binary star near the north celestial pole in the constellation Ursa Minor, having a magnitude of 2.1; North Star. |
| Procyon |
a yellowish white binary star in the constellation Canis Minor, having a combined magnitude of 0.4. |
| quantum bit |
a fundamental unit of information in quantum computing that is equivalent to the binary bit used in traditional computing; qubit. Whereas the binary bit can only exist in two states (0 or 1), the quantum bit can exist in three states (0, 1, or 0 and 1 simultaneously). |
| qubit |
a fundamental unit of information in quantum computing that is equivalent to the binary bit used in traditional computing; quantum bit. Whereas the binary bit can only exist in two states (0 or 1), the qubit can exist in three states (0, 1, or 0 and 1 simultaneously). |
| Regulus |
a blue-white binary star in the constellation Leo, having a combined magnitude of 1.3. |
| Rigel |
a blue-white binary star in the constellation Orion, having a combined magnitude of 0.1. |
| Sirius |
a white binary star in the constellation Canis Major, the brightest star in the sky with a combined magnitude of -1.4; Dog Star. |
| visual binary |
a binary star composed of two parts that can be seen through an ordinary telescope, or, though rarely, by the naked eye. |
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