xor
/ɛksˈo(ɹ)/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The logic function exclusive OR (as opposed to inclusive OR), whose output is true only when exactly one of its inputs is true.
conj
Or (but not both).
noun
The connective "exclusive or". One way to state its meaning in plain English is "if either A or B, but not if both."
noun
A logic gate that implements "exclusive or".
noun
The symbolic representation that implements "exclusive or".
Example Sentences
- "The argument leads to the conclusion that an omnipotent being could rationally be able to do one xor the other and still be omnipotent."
- "The XOR of (0,0) is 0; (0,1) is 1; (1,0) is 1; and (1,1) is 0."
- "The XOR gate can take only two inputs at a time and give an output. The output of the XOR gate is high (1) only when its two inputs are dissimilar i.e., if one of them is low (0) then other one will be high (1)."
- "XOR can be used to add bits without carrying."
- "The XORed sequence has the same period as the sequence that is not XORed."
- "XORing different constants into the four s-boxes in such a cipher has exactly the same effect as XORing a single constant into each round function output."