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| − | Formally, '''binary''' refers to the base-2 number system, which is used at the hardware level of all computers. | + | Formally, '''binary''' refers to the base-2 number system, which is used at the hardware level of essentially all computers. It can also refer to numbers or other data stored in this form. |
| − | Informally, it is a short slang term for [[object code]], the low-level form of a computer program which the | + | Informally, it is a short slang term for [[object code]], the low-level form of a computer program which the hardware in the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] can interpret directly. |
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Latest revision as of 17:23, 16 December 2018
Formally, binary refers to the base-2 number system, which is used at the hardware level of essentially all computers. It can also refer to numbers or other data stored in this form.
Informally, it is a short slang term for object code, the low-level form of a computer program which the hardware in the CPU can interpret directly.
