在计算机科学中，二分搜索（英语：binary search），也称折半搜索（英语：half-interval search）、对数搜索（英语：logarithmic search），是一种在有序数组中查找某一特定元素的搜索算法。搜索过程从数组的中间元素开始，如果中间元素正好是要查找的元素，则搜索过程结束；如果某一特定元素大于或者小于中间元素，则在数组大于或小于中间元素的那一半中查找，而且跟开始一样从中间元素开始比较。如果在某一步骤数组为空，则代表找不到。这种搜索算法每一次比较都使搜索范围缩小一半。

In computer science, binary search, also known as half-interval search or logarithmic search, is a search algorithm that finds the position of a target value within a sorted array. It works by comparing the target value to the middle element of the array; if they are not equal, the lower or upper half of the array is eliminated depending on the result and the search is repeated until it is successful.