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ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 2 days ago
denary
Yes, that’s technically the correct 10th term in the Latin-based unary-binary-ternary-… sequence but nobody calls it that… I wondered what your mother tongue is but I couldn’t find a language in which the preferred name for “decimal system” would use den- rather than dec-, dek-, des- or a completely different word.
sbeak@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
I dunno, I use the two terms interchangeably. Both describe the same thing and you get the idea with both words. “Senidenary” is much less common than “hexadecimal”, so the latter is preferred. But to be fair, it is kind if weird I used denary then hexadecimal. English is strange, it’s many languages in a trenchcoat.
psycotica0@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Hmm. I’ve been in math, computer science, and computer programming for 20 years in English (Canada) and I’ve never heard “denary”. It’s cute, but never once heard anyone say it. So they’re not interchangeable to me 😛
sbeak@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Yeah I do computer science too, and decimal is more common. But denary is still thrown around, at least in the media I consume.