BINARY ARITHMETIC OPERATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does binary arithmetic operation mean? 

• BINARY ARITHMETIC OPERATION (noun)
  The noun BINARY ARITHMETIC OPERATION has 1 sense:

1. an operation that follows the rules of Boolean algebra; each operand and the result take one of two values

  Familiarity information: BINARY ARITHMETIC OPERATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BINARY ARITHMETIC OPERATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An operation that follows the rules of Boolean algebra; each operand and the result take one of two values

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

binary arithmetic operation; binary operation; boolean operation

Hypernyms ("binary arithmetic operation" is a kind of...):

operation ((computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction))