binaries

'binaries'

[binary_star.n.01] as in: a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation

'binaries'

[binary.n.02] as in: a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run on a different operating system

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Examples:
the same source code can be compiled to produce different binaries for different operating systems