Boolean

boolean English Alternative forms en boolean en Boolian dated Etymology From en Boole -ean, en 1 English mathematician philosopher logician George Boole = 1815 1864. Pronunciation en /ˈbuːl.i.ən/ /buːˈli.ən/ UK en en-uk-Boolean.ogg UK bo͞oʹliən bo͞oliʹən GA, en /ˈbuli.ən/ en en-us-Boolean.ogg US en uːliən 3 Adjective - Of or pertaining to the work of George Boole. en logic computing Pertaining to data items that can have “true” and “false” (or, equivalently, 1 and 0 respectively) as their only possible values and to operations on such values. en Michael Chapman; Matthew Chapman Matthew Chapman List of Homestar Runner characters#Strong Sad Strong Sad Bug In Mouth Disease w:Homestar Runner https://homestarrunner.com/toons/bug-in-mouth-disease 9 May 2005 Oh, Boolean operators! "Blue and ones"! Good idea! en William Bahn Boolean Algebra Laws—Delving Into Boolean Identities All About Circuits https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/technical-articles/boolean-identities/ 2022-08-04 The associativity of OR and AND is not at all obvious. It is tempting to assume that because OR and AND are commutative that they must be associative also. This is not the case, however, and some commutative Boolean operators are not associative. Examples include NAND and NOR. https://web.archive.org/web/20261005084434/https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/technical-articles/boolean-identities/ 5 October 2026 Derived terms en Boolean circuit Boolean algebra Boolean function Boolean logic Boolean ring Boolean variable ballean booleanize Translations logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false” Catalan: ca booleà Czech: cs booleovský Dutch: nl booleaans Esperanto: eo bulea Finnish: fi totuusarvoinen French: fr booléen, fr boolien German: de boolesch Italian: it booleano Japanese: ja ブール代数 Būru-daisū no ブール代数の Korean: ko 불 대수 불 대수-의, ko 부울 대수 부울 대수-의 Macedonian: mk булов m Polish: pl boolowski Portuguese: pt booleano Romanian: ro boolean Russian: ru бу́лев Spanish: es booleano Swedish: sv boolesk Turkish: tr Boole'ca, tr Boole'sal Vietnamese: vi luận lý, vi luận lí, vi (thuộc) Boole, vi Boolean Noun en logic computing A variable that can hold a single true/false (1/0) value. Synonyms Boolean variable en flag, en bool Translations type of variable Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 布爾值 Bù'ěr zhí Dutch: nl booleaanse waarde f Finnish: fi totuusarvomuuttuja French: fr variable booléenne f German: de Boolean m, de boolsche Variable f Japanese: ja ブーリアン Būrian, ja ブール値 Būru-chi Korean: ko 불리언, ko 부울 값 Polish: pl zmienna logiczna f Portuguese: pt booleano m Russian: ru бу́лева переме́нная f Spanish: es booleano m Swedish: sv boolesk variabel c Turkish: tr Boole değişkeni Welsh: cy Boole m