"XOR" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛks ˈɔɹ/ Forms: XORs [plural]
Etymology: Short for exclusive or. Etymology templates: {{m|en|exclusive or}} exclusive or Head templates: {{en-noun}} XOR (plural XORs)
  1. (logic) The connective "exclusive or". Categories (topical): Logic Synonyms: exclusive OR, XOR gate, ex-or, NOT equivalence Translations (logic: connective): conexió llogica (Catalan), 異或 (Chinese Mandarin), 异或 (yìhuò) (Chinese Mandarin), välistav VÕI (Estonian), ehdoton tai (Finnish), poissulkeva tai (Finnish), eksklusiivinen tai (Finnish), ou exclusif (French), kizáró vagy (Hungarian), a realiza sau exclusiv (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-XOR-en-noun-hK-H3Ga6 Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'logic: connective': 54 25 22
  2. (electrical engineering) A logic gate that implements "exclusive or". Categories (topical): Electrical engineering Translations (electrical engineering: logic gate): 異或門 (Chinese Mandarin), 异或门 (yìhuòmén) (Chinese Mandarin), ehdoton tai -portti (Finnish), poissulkeva tai -portti (Finnish), eksklusiivinen tai -portti (Finnish), poartă sau exclusiv [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-XOR-en-noun-r2IPIvex Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 52 14 17 Topics: business, electrical, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'electrical engineering: logic gate': 4 84 11
  3. (programming) The symbolic representation that implements "exclusive or". Categories (topical): Programming

Verb

IPA: /ˈɛks ˈɔɹ/ Forms: XORs [present, singular, third-person], XORing [participle, present], XORed [participle, past], XORed [past]
Etymology: Short for exclusive or. Etymology templates: {{m|en|exclusive or}} exclusive or Head templates: {{en-verb}} XOR (third-person singular simple present XORs, present participle XORing, simple past and past participle XORed)
  1. (transitive, computing) To perform the XOR function upon. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: Related terms: AND, OR, NAND, NOR, NOT, XNOR
    Sense id: en-XOR-en-verb-Km~K1UOo Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "XOR",
          "#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, computing) To perform the XOR function upon."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛks ˈɔɹ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "⊻"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "XOR"
  ],
  "word": "XOR"
}

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