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nadjective
1.
pertaining to or being a deductive logical system, as Boolean algebra, used to represent symbolically the relationships between sets, classes, and other entities.
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Computers. of or pertaining to a data type having two possible values representing “true” or “false.”
noun
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Computers. a Boolean data type.
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Boolean
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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 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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