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binary system Usually, the binary number system, i.e. the positional number system with base 2. This is the number system most commonly used in computers. A binary digit (or bit ) is either 0 or 1. The representation of numbers by binary digits is called binary notation .

The term binary system is also used to describe any system in which ...

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