logical operation

noun

1. Boolean operation.

logical operation

noun

1. computing an operation involving the use of logical functions, such as and or or, that are applied to the input signals of a particular logic circuit

logical operation

/ lŏj′ĭ-kəl /

1. A function on binary variables whose output is also a binary variable. Logical operations are the function of logic gates in digital circuits. Logical operations include AND, OR, NOT, and combinations of those operations.
2. See more at Boolean algebra

Example Sentences

Existing quantum computers already have enough quantum processing units—known as qubits—to in theory perform this number of logical operations, but so far scientists have not figured out how to build circuits of that size.

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To ascertain in what they do agree is, therefore, the first logical operation requisite.

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But if we grant this it is no longer obviously the simple logical operation indicated.

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The one process is a logical operation, the other a physical.

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It may be indeed that the verdict of the logical operation is that we must face certain death.

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