binary operation
n. An operation, such as addition, that is applied to two elements of a set to produce a third element of the set.
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| Noun | 1. | binary operation - an operation that follows the rules of Boolean algebra; each operand and the result take one of two valuesoperation - (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction); "it can perform millions of operations per second" |
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