XOR
Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-006689
A logical operation that outputs true if and only if its inputs are different, meaning one input is true and the other is false. This operation is also known as exclusive OR. In digital electronics, XOR gates are used in arithmetic circuits, error detection, and data encryption algorithms.
| Identifier | MLC-T-IND-006689 |
|---|---|
| Field | Industrial and trades |
| Subject | Electrical engineering |
| Expansions | exclusive OR; XOR gate; ex-or; NOT equivalence |
| See also | XOR gate |
| Translations | German: XOR; Spanish: XOR; French: XOR |
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