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Meaning of unary operation

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

unary

Pronunciation:/ˈjuːnəɹi/

noun

Definitions

  1. The unary numeral system; the bijective base-1 numeral system.

  2. Unary coding, an entropy encoding for natural numbers.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Consisting of or involving a single element or component.

  2. (computer engineering) Of an operation, function, procedure or logic gate, taking exactly one operand, argument, parameter or input; having domain of dimension 1.

    Example: Negation is a unary operation.