exclusive or

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p p	q q	p exclusive or q p exclusive or q
0	0	0 || 0 || 0
0	1	0 || 1 || 1
1	0	1 || 0 || 1
1	1	1 || 1 || 0

Noun

exclusive or

1. (logic, computing) Exclusive disjunction: the use of or to indicate that of two predicates, one is true and one is false (without specifying which is which); contrasted with inclusive or, which does not imply that one must be false.
2. (logic, computing, more generally) Exclusive disjunction: the use of or to indicate that of two or more predicates, an odd number are true (without specifying which or how many); contrasted with inclusive or, which indicates only that one or more is true.
3. (logic, computing) An exclusive disjunction; the result of applying the above-described exclusive or to two or more predicates; contrasted with an inclusive or, which is the result of applying an inclusive or.

Translations

• French: ou exclusif
• German: exklusives Oder
• Russian: исключа́ющее «ИЛИ»
• Spanish: o exclusivo

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