logic gate

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logic gate (plural logic gates)

  1. (computing) A physical device, typically electronic, which computes a Boolean logical output (0 or 1) from Boolean input or inputs according to the rules of some logical operator.
    There are six non-trivial, symmetric, two-input, Boolean logic gates: AND, OR, XOR, NAND, NOR and XNOR.
    • 2025 August 30, “Logic Gates - Definition, Types, Uses”, in GeeksforGeeks‎[1], archived from the original on 11 September 2025:
      There are basically seven main types of logic gates that are used to perform various logical operations in digital systems. […] In digital electronics, there is a specially designed logic gate named, XOR gate, which is used in digital circuits to perform modulo sum.

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  • Symbols for logic gates. Twenty First Century Books, Breckenridge, CO.
  • The IEC symbols are defined in IEC 60617-12 (1997-12), Graphical symbols for diagrams - Part 12: Binary logic elements

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