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二進法 (にしんほう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

二に進しん法ほう

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Meanings

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noun

binary number system; base-2

Technical term for the base-2 numeral system used in computing and mathematics.

コンピューターは二に進しん法ほうで計けい算さんを行おこなう。
Computers perform calculations using the binary number system.
二に進しん法ほうでは、0と1だけを使つかって数かずを表あらわす。
In the binary system, numbers are represented using only 0 and 1.

Written forms

二に進しん法ほう
Standard kanji spelling for the binary number system.
２に進しん法ほう
Variant using Arabic numeral 2; seen in technical or informal contexts.

Kanji

二two, two radical (no. 7)
進advance, proceed, progress
法

method, law, rule

Similar words

十じっ進しん法ほう
十進法 is the decimal (base-10) system, while 二進法 is binary (base-2).
十じゅう六ろく進しん法ほう
十六進法 is hexadecimal (base-16), often used in computing alongside binary.

Etymology

Compound of 二 (two), 進 (advance, progress), and 法 (method, system). The term directly translates to 'two-advance system', referring to the base-2 positional notation.