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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>binary four</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="bikeshedding.html" title="bikeshedding"/><link rel="next" href="bit.html" title="bit"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">binary four</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bikeshedding.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bit.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="binary-four"/><dt xmlns="" id="binary-four"><b>binary four</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Usenet] The finger, in the sense of <span class="foreignphrase"><i class="foreignphrase">digitus
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impudicus</i></span>. This comes from an analogy between binary and
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the hand, i.e. 1=00001=thumb, 2=00010=index finger, 3=00011=index and
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thumb, 4=00100. Considered silly. Prob. from humorous derivative of
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<a href="../F/finger.html"><i class="glossterm">finger</i></a>, sense 4.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bikeshedding.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bit.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">bikeshedding </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> bit</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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