binary的词源

英文词源

binary (adj.)

"dual," mid-15c., from Late Latin binarius "consisting of two," from bini "twofold, two apiece, two-by-two" (used especially of matched things), from bis "double" (see bis-). Binary code in computer terminology was in use by 1952, though the idea itself is ancient. Binary star in astronomy is from 1802.

中文词源

binary：二进制的

前缀bi-, 二, 在元音前变bin-.

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