Boolean
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li adjective
1.
pertaining to or being a deductive logical system, as Boolean algebra, used to represent symbolically the relationships between sets, classes, and other entities.
2.
Computers. of or pertaining to a data type having two possible values representing “true” or “false.”
noun
3.
Computers. a Boolean data type.
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Word Origin & History
Boolean
abstract algebraic system, 1851, named for George Boole (1815-1864), English mathematician. The surname is a variant of Bull.
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Boolean
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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Computing Dictionary
Boolean definition
logic1. Boolean algebra. programming
2. (bool) The type of an expression with two possible values, "true" and "false". Also, a variable of Boolean type or a function with Boolean arguments or result. The most common Boolean functions are AND, OR and NOT.
(1997-12-01)
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Boolean operator search enables a text search of key words that yields fewer reports than does a single search term.
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