Associations to the word «Boolean»

BOOLEAN, adjective. Of or pertaining to the work of George Boole.

BOOLEAN, adjective. (logic) (computing) 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.

BOOLEAN, noun. (logic) (computing) A variable that can hold a single true/false (1/0) value.

BOOLEAN, adjective. Alternative letter-case form of Boolean

BOOLEAN, noun. Alternative letter-case form of Boolean

BOOLEAN ALGEBRA, noun. (algebra) A De Morgan algebra which also satisfies the law of excluded middle and the law of noncontradiction.

BOOLEAN ALGEBRA, noun. (algebra) (logic) (computing) Specifically, an algebra in which all elements can take only one of two values (typically 0 and 1, or "true" and "false") and are subject to operations based on AND, OR and NOT

BOOLEAN ALGEBRA, noun. (mathematics) The study of such algebras; Boolean logic, classical logic.

BOOLEAN FUNCTION, noun. (algebra) (logic) (computing) Any function based on the operations AND, OR and NOT, and whose elements are from the domain of Boolean algebra

BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS, noun. Plural of Boolean function

BOOLEAN LATTICE, noun. (algebra) The lattice corresponding to a Boolean algebra.

BOOLEAN LOGIC, noun. (mathematics) (logic) (computing) A system of symbolic logic that is the basis of Boolean algebra

BOOLEAN RING, noun. (algebra) A ring whose multiplicative operation is idempotent.

BOOLEAN RINGS, noun. Plural of Boolean ring

BOOLEAN VARIABLE, noun. (mathematics) (logic) (computing) Any variable, from the domain of Boolean algebra, having one of only two values

BOOLEAN VARIABLES, noun. Plural of Boolean variable

BOOLEAN, adjective. 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.