"exclusive or" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: exclusive ors [plural]
Etymology: exclusive + or. Etymology templates: {{m|en|exclusive}} exclusive, {{m|en|or}} or Head templates: {{en-noun}} exclusive or (plural exclusive ors)
  1. (logic, computing) Exclusive disjunction: the use of or to indicate that of two predicates, one is true and one is false (without specifying which is which); contrasted with inclusive or, which does not imply that one must be false. Categories (topical): Computing, Logic
    Sense id: en-exclusive_or-en-noun-ZJs2xWXE Topics: computing, engineering, human-sciences, logic, mathematics, natural-sciences, philosophy, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (logic, computing, more generally) Exclusive disjunction: the use of or to indicate that of two or more predicates, an odd number are true (without specifying which or how many); contrasted with inclusive or, which indicates only that one or more is true. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Computing, Logic
    Sense id: en-exclusive_or-en-noun-e~D9Z1HE Topics: computing, engineering, human-sciences, logic, mathematics, natural-sciences, philosophy, physical-sciences, sciences
  3. (logic, computing) An exclusive disjunction; the result of applying the above-described exclusive or to two or more predicates; contrasted with an inclusive or, which is the result of applying an inclusive or. Categories (topical): Computing, Logic Translations (exclusive disjunction): eksklusiivinen tai (Finnish), poissulkeva tai (Finnish), ou exclusif (French), exklusives Oder [neuter] (German), kizáró vagy (Hungarian), 排他的論理和 (haitateki ronriwa) (alt: はいたてきろんりわ) (Japanese), исключа́ющее «ИЛИ» (alt: isključájuščeje «ILI») (Russian), o exclusivo [masculine] (Spanish), exklusivt eller [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-exclusive_or-en-noun-SvCnely2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 29 43 Topics: computing, engineering, human-sciences, logic, mathematics, natural-sciences, philosophy, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'exclusive disjunction': 29 29 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: exclusive-or, XOR, xor, EOR, eor Related terms: inclusive or

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