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ones and zeros

ones and zeros is the alternative spelling of ones and zeroes.

Meaning of ones and zeroes

Noun

ones and zeroes pl (plural only)

  1. (informal, plural, plural-only) Binary code; on and off bits.
    • The incoming signals were broken down into digital code—ones and zeroes—by a relatively simple computer and downlinked to Fort Huachuca, where another computer of vastly greater power examined the bits of raw information and tried to make sense of them.1989 August 17, Tom Clancy, Clear and Present Danger, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN; Berkley premium tie-in edition, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, November 2018, →ISBN, page...

Questions about ones and zeros

What is ones and zeros the alternative spelling of?
Ones and zeros is the alternative spelling of ones and zeroes.

Words near ones and zeros in the dictionary

  1. oners
  2. onery
  3. ones
  4. ones and twos
  5. ones and zeroes
  6. ones and zeros
  7. ones that go the other way
  8. ones to talk
  9. ones' complement
  10. ones' complements
  11. onescore

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