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二進数 (にしんすう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

二に進しん数すう

Meanings

1

noun

binary digits; binary number

computing

Computing term for a number expressed in base-2 notation.

コンピュータは二に進しん数すうで計けい算さんを行おこなう。
Computers perform calculations using binary numbers.
この二に進しん数すうを十じっ進しん数すうに変へん換かんしてください。
Please convert this binary number to a decimal number.

Written forms

二に進しん数すう
Standard kanji spelling using the common numeral 二.
２に進しん数すう
Variant using the Arabic numeral 2, often seen in technical contexts.

Kanji

進advance, proceed, progress
数number, strength, fate
二

two, two radical (no. 7)

Similar words

十じっ進しん数すう
十進数 means decimal number (base-10), while 二進数 means binary number (base-2).
ビット
ビット is a single binary digit (0 or 1), while 二進数 refers to a number composed of multiple bits.

Etymology

Compound of 二 (に, 'two') + 進 (しん, 'base' or 'radix') + 数 (すう, 'number').