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 disjunctionMathworldPlanetmath, which sometimes uses +. The truth tableMathworldPlanetmath for xor is

a b ab
F F F
F T T
T F T
T T F
Title exclusive or
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