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LOGIC GATE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs

Synonyms:

gate; logic gate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("logic gate" is a kind of...):

computer circuit (a circuit that is part of a computer)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "logic gate"):

AND circuit; AND gate (a circuit in a computer that fires only when all of its inputs fire)

NAND circuit; NAND gate (a logic gate that produces an output that is the inverse of the output of an AND gate)

OR circuit; OR gate (a gate circuit in a computer that fires when any of its inputs fire)

X-OR circuit; XOR circuit; XOR gate (gate for exclusive OR; a circuit in a computer that fires only if only one of its inputs fire)

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