I searched and the only useful explanation i found: [Table of small numbers][1] [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_numbers **N-ary:** - Nullary means 0-ary. - Unary means 1-ary. - Binary means 2-ary. - Ternary means 3-ary. - Quaternary means 4-ary. - Quinary means 5-ary. - Senary means 6-ary. - Septenary means 7-ary. - Octary means 8-ary. - Nonary means 9-ary. Hope this helps.