AND

See also: Appendix:Variations of "and"

Translingual

Symbol

AND

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Andorra.
    Synonym: AD (alpha-2)

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ænd

Etymology 1

Noun

AND (plural ANDs)

  1. (logic) Alternative form of , the conjunction operator.
  2. (logic) The binary operator and, only true if both of two inputs is true. In infix notation.
    • 2022 August 4, William Bahn, “Boolean Algebra Laws—Delving Into Boolean Identities”, in All About Circuits[1]:
      The proof (Tables 9 and 10) of idempotence for both OR and AND follows from examining the definition of each operation under the constraint that both inputs have the same value.
AND Truth Table
Input Output
A B
0 0 0
0 1 0
1 0 0
1 1 1
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Verb

AND (third-person singular simple present ANDs, present participle ANDing, simple past and past participle ANDed)

  1. (logic, transitive) To combine (a value) with another value by means of this operator.
    • 2006, Gary R Wright, W Richard Stevens, The Implementation:
      If an internal node is encountered that contains a mask, the search key is logically ANDed with the mask and another search is made of the subtree...

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Etymology 2

Initialism.

Adjective

AND (comparative more AND, superlative most AND)

  1. (aviation) Initialism of airplane nose down.
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