XOR

From Fresh Dictionary

see also xor

Contents 1 English 1.1 Conjunction 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 See also

English

Conjunction

XOR

1. (Logic) Exclusive or; either one proposition or the other is true but not both.
2. (Computer science) A lexical symbol to implement exclusive or in a computer language.
3. (Electrical engineering) A logical gate to implement exclusive or.

   XOR can be used to add bits without carrying.

Noun

XOR

1. (Logic) The binary operator exclusive or, true if one and only one of two inputs is true. Also abbreviated ⊕. Expression excludes AND from inclusive OR. In infix notation, it has values in the Boolean domain {0,1}:

   (0 XOR 0) = 0
   

   (0 XOR 1) = 1
   

   (1 XOR 0) = 1
   

   (1 XOR 1) = 0
   

Translations

• Finnish: ehdoton tai, poissulkeva tai, ekslusiivinen tai
• French: ou exclusif
• Hungarian: kizáró vagy
• Latin: aut
• Swedish: exklusive eller

See also

• AND
• OR
• NAND
• NOR
• NOT

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