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Bool′ean opera′tion



n.
any logical operation in which each of the operands and the result take one of two values, as “true” and “false” or “circuit on” and “circuit off.”
[1960–65]
Bool′ean op′erator, n.
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Noun1.boolean operation - an operation that follows the rules of Boolean algebra; each operand and the result take one of two values
operation - (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction); "it can perform millions of operations per second"
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