Binomes are small mechanical people that inhabit most systems. They come in two varieties, Ones and Zeroes. Ones consist of three stacked cubes and have one eye; Zeroes are shaped like a ball and have two eyes.
Despite their small stature, Binomes appear to be capable of most of the functions as Sprites. A Binome named Wise One was seen serving as a system operator and Keeper of the Core for a Damaged System. Mainframe is mostly inhabited by Binomes after most of the city's sprites were nullified after Mainframe's Twin City was destroyed.
Megabyte's viral Binomes are blue with green eyes, just like their leader. They have icons that are green and black, and have Megabyte's symbol on their bodies. Binomes are easily infected by viruses.
No binome has ever been seen in the Super Computer. Sprites appear to run it completely on their own. One system visited by Matrix and AndrAIa had only one Sprite, the rest of the inhabitants were Binomes. Another system they visited had no Binomes, it was inhabited by Spectrals and Spectrals converted into Sprites. This system and the Super Computer are the only ones known to have no binomes.
The Desert Port System appears to have no native sprites. The only sprites living there appeared to be visiters, or moved there from somewhere else. The rest of its population was binomes.
Some of the best known binomes are: Captain Capacitor, Specky, Lieutenant Chauncy, Baby Binome, Mr. Christopher, and Old Man Pearson.
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References
- The word "binome" comes from the word binary, the system of ones and zeros that operate computers.