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Boolean

Definition: Boolean

Boolean

Adjective

1. Of or relating to a combinatorial system devised by George Boole that combines propositions with the logical operators AND and OR and IF THEN and EXCEPT and NOT.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definitions: Boolean

DomainDefinitions

Computing

Boolean 1. Boolean algebra. 2. (bool) The type of an expression with two possible values, "true" and "false". Also, a variable of Boolean type or a function with Boolean arguments or result. The most common Boolean functions are AND, OR and NOT. (1997-12-01). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Math

(1) In computer science, entities having just two values: 1 or 0, true or false, on or off, etc. along with the operations and, or, and not. (2) In mathematics, entities from an algebra equivalent to intersection, union, and complement over subsets of a given set. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Boolean

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Boolean can be

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Boolean."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Boolean

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
BOTEnglishBoolean operation tableN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: Boolean

English words defined with "Boolean": binary arithmetic operation, binary operation, Boole, Boolean algebra, Boolean logic, boolean operationGeorge Boole. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Boolean": algebraic structure, AND element, AND gate, and gate, AND operation, AND positive gate, Arithmetic and Logic Unitbijective, bitwise, bool, boolean expression, Boolean function, Boolean logical function, Boolean operation table, Boolean searchcause effect graph, circuit value problem, conjunction gate, constant folding, Constraint Handling In Prolog, Cook's theoremdelta reductionempty MYCIN, enumerated type, equivalence operationFinite State Machine, full-algebraic logicIF-AND-ONLY-IF operation, implies, INCLUSIVE-OR operationKarnaugh map, Kripke structureLagerbier, logical add, logical complement, logical productNAND, NAND operation, NEITHER-NOR operation, non-conjunction, non-disjunction, NOR operation, NOT operation, NOT-AND operation, NOT-both operationone-to-one, OR operation, OR-gateprinciple of duality, PROgrammed Graph REwriting Systemsring of integers modulo twosatisfiability problem, search term, SETS, symmetric differencetruth table, two-valued logicweighted search. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Boolean

DomainTitle

Books

  • Bebop to the Boolean Boogie: An Unconventional Guide to Electronics Fundamentals, Components, and Processes (reference)

  • Behop to the Boolean Boogie: An Unconventional Guide to Electronics Fundamentals, Components, and Processes (reference)

  • Boolean Algebra and Its Applications (Dover Books on Mathematics) (reference)

  • Boolean Functions and Computation Models (reference)

  • Decision Points: Boolean Logic for Computer Users and Beginning Online Searching (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

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Usage Frequency: Boolean

"Boolean" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 89.06% of the time. "Boolean" is used about 64 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)89.06%5744,859
Noun (singular)9.38%6143,867
Noun (proper)1.56%1339,140
                    Total100.00%64N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Boolean

Expressions using "Boolean": 3D boolean operation boolean algebra Boolean function boolean logic Boolean logical function boolean operation Boolean operation table boolean search. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Boolean

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

boolean algebra

115

boolean machine

3

boolean search

63

boolean math

3

boolean logic

57

boolean espresso

3

boolean operator

40

boolean java script

3

boolean

38

basics boolean

3

boolean expression

16

boolean calculator

3

about search engine boolean

12

boolean switch

3

boolean phrase

9

boolean operations

3

boolean searching

7

boolean logic symbol

3

boolean query

6

base boolean information knowledge manager searchable

2

agent boolean copernic track

4

boolean example search

2

boolean solid works

4

boolean technology

2

boolean design site web

4

boolean symbol

2

boolean function

4

algebra boole boolean

2

boolean language

4

boolean c++

2

boolean hosting web

4

boolean mysql

2

boolean design web

4

6.0 boolean cad download window

2

boolean java

4

boolean equation

2

boolean definition

3

boolean crystal if report statement

2
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Modern Translations: Boolean

Language Translations for "Boolean"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

布". (various references)

   

Danish

  

boolesk logik (Boolean Logic). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Boole-logica (Boolean Logic), Boole-functie (Boolean function, Boolean logical function, Boole's function, Boole's logical function), Boole functie (Boolean function, Boolean logical function, Boole's function, Boole's logical function), waarheidstabel (Boolean operation table, decision table, truth table). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

Boolen logiikka (Boolean Logic). (various references)

   

French

  

table d'opération booléenne (Boolean operation table), table de vérité (Boolean operation table), NON (boolean complementation), négation (boolean complementation), logique booléenne (Boolean Logic), inversion logique (boolean complementation), fonction booléenne (Boolean function, Boolean logical function, Boole's function, Boole's logical function). (various references)

   

German

  

boolesche Verknüpfungstabelle (Boolean operation table, truth table), Boolesche Logik (Boolean Logic), boolesche Funktion (Boolean function, Boolean logical function, Boole's function, Boole's logical function), Wahrheitstabelle (truth table, truth-table), logische Funktion (Boolean function, Boolean logical function, Boole's function, Boole's logical function, logic functions), Funktionstabelle (Boolean operation table, function table, function tabulating, truth table). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

άλγεβρα Boole (Boolean Logic). (various references)

   

Italian

  

booleana logica (Boolean Logic). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

ブーメラン効果 (boomerang effect). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ブーリアン . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ooleanbay

   

Portuguese

  

lógica booleana (Boolean Logic). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

булиев. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

lógica booleana (Boolean Logic). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

boolesk algebra (Boolean Logic). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Boolean

Misspellings

"Boolean" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bilodeau, bodlean, bolean, Boleat, bolian, Bollan, Bolsena, Booreman, Bougeant, Boulia, Boylan. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Boolean

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-e-l-n-o-o"

-2 letters: aboon, alone, anole, beano, noble, obole.

-3 letters: able, aeon, aloe, bale, bane, bean, blae, bola, bole, bolo, bone, boon, ebon, elan, enol, lane, lean, leno, loan, lobe, lobo, lone, loon, nabe, noel, nolo, oboe, obol, olea, oleo.

-4 letters: abo, alb, ale, ane, bal, ban, bel, ben, boa, boo, eon, lab, lea, lob, loo.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-e-l-n-o-o"
 

+2 letters: ballooned, honorable.

 

+3 letters: balneology, collarbone, condonable, conglobate, honourable, noblewoman, tablespoon.

 

+4 letters: bioregional, collarbones, collembolan, conformable, conglobated, conglobates, elaboration, obsessional, paleobotany, postponable, tablespoons.

 

+5 letters: balneologies, bloodstained, collembolans, compoundable, conscionable, controllable, dishonorable, downloadable, elaborations, embolization, geobotanical, inconsolable, incorporable, monosyllable, oblanceolate, obliteration, overlaboring, paleobotanic, urbanologies.

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Alternative Orthography: Boolean


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 6F 6F 6C 65 61 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-...    ---    ---    .-..    .    .-    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01101111 01101111 01101100 01100101 01100001 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#111 &#111 &#108 &#101 &#97 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 006F 006F 006C 0065 0061 006E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

36818178716780

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Abbreviations
9. Acronyms
10. Derivations
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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Deens, danisht, danishte, ‏لغة الدانمركية, ‏نوع كعك, ‏دانماركي, датски език, датски, Daniko, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, Deensk, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danska, Danmhairgis, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danes, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch, for Danish;
Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, ‏هولندي, ‏اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch;
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Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, ‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese;
Russies, Rus, ‏الروسية, ‏روسي, ‏اللغة الروسية, Rusu, руски, руски език, руснак, Rusyan, 俄語 , 俄语, 俄文 , ruština, ruský, russer, russur, russiskt, venäläinen, Russysk, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, rússneskur, Rússi, Rúisis, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, russisk, Rosjanin, русский, Lusia, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, sí-Rashîya, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga, for Russian;
Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish;
Sweeds, suedez, ‏اللغة السويدية, Suecu, шведски език, шведски, швед, Swedis, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, svenskt, ruotsalainen, suédois, Sweedsk, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, sænskur, Sualainnis, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, suèc, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển, for Swedish;