binary incremental representation

binary incremental representation

[′bīn·ə·rē ‚iŋ·krə′men·təl ‚rep·ri‚zen′tā·shən] (computer science) A type of incremental representation in which the value of change in a variable is represented by one binary digit which is set equal to 1 if there is an increase in the variable and to 0 if there is a decrease.