Meaning

3 senses
  1. The connective "exclusive or". One way to state its meaning in plain English is "if either A or B, but not if both."

    The XOR of (0,0) is 0; (0,1) is 1; (1,0) is 1; and (1,1) is 0.

  2. A logic gate that implements "exclusive or".

  3. The symbolic representation that implements "exclusive or".

    XOR can be used to add bits without carrying.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

Short for exclusive or.

Short for exclusive or.

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Forms

plural: XORs
SingularXOR
PluralXORs

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
exclusive ORXOR gateex-orNOT equivalence

Antonyms

1 antonyms
electrical engineering:XNOR

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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