"There are 10 types of people in the world. Those that understand binary and those that don't."
Couldn't resist :D
Words of the Day 7/6/10
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It's a common joke. I fall for it every time...
I would have to agree with you BQ
Jun 6, 2010
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So, we know that bi mean two but what does -ary mean ? adj. and n. suffix, in most cases from L. -arius, -arium "connected with, pertaining to, the man engaged in." It appears in words borrowed from Latin in M.E. In later borrowings from Latin to French, it became -aire and passed into M.E. as -arie, subsequently -ary.
Jun 17, 2010
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Binary:
adjective-The word binary refers to something that has two main parts. The root is from the Late Latin word binarius which literally meant "two by two." Binary numbers are numbers built up with the use of only two numerals, ones or zeros. The counting sequence 0,1,2,3,4,5 in binary would be 0, 1, 10, 11, 100, 101. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word first appeared in English in 1796.
Most people are so familiar with the fact that computers use binary numbers that they assume it started out that way. There were several far-sighted individuals in the 1930's who saw the advantage of binary earlier, but most of the earliest electronic computers used decimal arithmetic. John von Neumann pressed for the use of binary arithmetic in 1946, and the rest is history.
Which Words-001
1) Labial (a) Relating to the lips (b) Requiring much exertion (c) Different in colour
2) Macarena (a) Akind of pasta (b) A Latin dance (c) A sunspot
3) Narcosis (a) A state of sleep (b) Extreme admiration (c) Sickness at the stomach
The answer will be provide at the next word of the day post.
next word of the day "Computer"
I am just starting this so is something different from chess.