Boolean
булев
boolesch
Of or pertaining to the work of George BooleOf or pertaining to the work of George Boole.
UK/ˈbuːl.i.ən/US/ˈbuli.ən/
» Are you bad at Boolean algebra?
Meaning
2 senses(not comparable)Of or pertaining to the work of George Boole.
(not comparable)Pertaining to data items that can have “true” and “false” (or, equivalently, 1 and 0 respectively) as their only possible values and to operations on such values.
boolesch
бу́левbúlev
More definitions
- of or relating to a combinatorial system devised by George Boole that combines propositions with the logical operators AND and OR and IF THEN and EXCEPT and NOT
Examples
2 sentencesAre you bad at Boolean algebra?
Are you at odds with Boolean algebra?
Translations
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By meaning 1
logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”:
Origin
From Boole + -ean, named after English mathematician, philosopher and logician George BoolFrom Boole + -ean, named after English mathematician, philosopher and logician George Boole (1815–1864).
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