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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

Boolean

Where something is either true or false, e.g. a Boolean variable can only have one of two values, TRUE or FALSE (1 or 0, yes or no). Boolean algebra compares different Boolean variables; Boolean operators such as AND, OR, NOT are applied to Boolean variables.

Related terms
ANDbinary operatorBoolean fieldBoolean operatorlogical operatorNANDNORNOTORtruth tableXOR&& (ampersand, ampersand)flag
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