HyperDic: equivalent-binary-digit_factor

English > 1 sense of the expression equivalent-binary-digit factor:
NOUNquantityequivalent-binary-digit factorthe average number of binary digits needed to express one radix digit in a numeration system that is not binary
English > equivalent-binary-digit factor: 1 sense > noun 1, quantity
MeaningThe average number of binary digits needed to express one radix digit in a numeration system that is not binary; on the average a number that can be expressed in N decimal digits takes 3.3N binary digits.
Broaderdivisor, factorOne of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer

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