equivalent-binary-digit factor

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   the 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

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Questions about equivalent-binary-digit factor

What does equivalent-binary-digit factor mean?

equivalent-binary-digit factor means "the 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".

Is equivalent-binary-digit factor a common word?

equivalent-binary-digit factor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.