exclusive or
The logical operator xor, short for “exclusive or”, is a binary operator that is true iff exactly one of its parameters is true, and thus corresponds to the normal use of “or” in English. Xor uses the symbol due to its similarity to disjunction, which sometimes uses . The truth table for xor is
F | F | F |
F | T | T |
T | F | T |
T | T | F |
Title | exclusive or |
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Canonical name | ExclusiveOr |
Date of creation | 2013-03-22 18:04:59 |
Last modified on | 2013-03-22 18:04:59 |
Owner | me_and (17092) |
Last modified by | me_and (17092) |
Numerical id | 6 |
Author | me_and (17092) |
Entry type | Definition |
Classification | msc 03B05 |
Synonym | xor |
Synonym | logical xor |
Synonym | logical exclusive or |
Related topic | Disjunction |
Related topic | PropositionalLogic |