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- Unary numeral systemUnary numeral systemThe unary numeral system is the bijective base-1 numeral system. It is the simplest numeral system to represent natural numbers: in order to represent a number N, an arbitrarily chosen symbol representing 1 is repeated N times. For example, using the symbol | , the number 6 is represented as ||||||...
, the simplest numeral system to represent natural numbers - Unary operationUnary operationIn mathematics, a unary operation is an operation with only one operand, i.e. a single input. Specifically, it is a functionf:\ A\to Awhere A is a set. In this case f is called a unary operation on A....
, a kind of mathematical operator that has only one operand - Unary codingUnary codingUnary coding, sometimes called thermometer code, is an entropy encoding that represents a natural number, n, with n ones followed by a zero or with n − 1 ones followed by a zero...
, an entropy encoding that represents a number n with n − 1 ones followed by a zero