binary decimal
English
Noun
binary decimal (plural binary decimals)
- (dated) A binary (base-2) numeral.
- 1938, G. H. Hardy and E. M. Wright, An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers, section 9.7:
- Any positive integer up to inclusive can be expressed uniquely as a binary decimal of figures, i.e., as a sum , where every is or .
- 1938, G. H. Hardy and E. M. Wright, An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers, section 9.7:
- (informal) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A decimal (numeral written as a concatenation of successive negative powers of the base) in base 2..
See also
- binary-coded decimal
References
- Mathematics Stack Exchange: "What is the origin of the (nearly obsolete) term 'binary decimal'?"