Boolean

pronunciation

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  • 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

Word Origin

Boolean (adj.)
in reference to abstract algebraic systems, 1851, named for George Boole (1815-1864), English mathematician. The surname is a variant of Bull.

Example

1. What 's it say after boolean forms ?
2. Boolean logic is especially useful for formulating clear conditional statements .
3. Note that boolean is quite limited .
4. Boolean indicating that the alarm is visible .
5. So the wild-card and boolean operators that work like magic in library databases will not work on google or yahoo .

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