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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Xor /X'or/, /kzor/ conj. Exclusive or. `A xor B' means `A or B, but not both'. "I want to get cherry pie xor a banana split." This derives from the technical use of the term as a function on truth-values that is true if exactly one of its two arguments is true. Source: Jargon File. |
Math | A figure of merit for a family of searches, the "best" is the search that takes the minimum accesses in the worst case. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
XOR | English | Exclusive OR | N/A |
XOR | Swedish | Paritet | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: XOR |
| Specialty definitions using "XOR": Arithmetic and Logic Unit ♦ bitwise ♦ truth table, two-valued logic ♦ Zeller's congruence. (references) |
| "XOR" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "XOR" is used about 3 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 66.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 33.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "XOR": XOR circuit ♦ XOR gate. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "XOR": XOR-problem. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
xor | 48 |
gate xor | 9 |
xor encryption | 4 |
cmos layout xor | 3 |
table truth xor | 3 |
logic xor | 3 |
network neural xor | 2 |
key xor | 2 |
game xor | 2 |
challenge nfl xor | 2 |
compuerta xor | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "XOR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Dutch | XOR-probleem (XOR-problem), exclusief OR-probleem (XOR-problem). (various references) | ||||||||||
Finnish | XOR-tehtävä (XOR-problem). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | problème XOR (XOR-problem), problème du ou-exclusif (XOR-problem). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | XOR-Problem (XOR-problem). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | Or esclusivo. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | orxay XOR (XOR-problem), paritet (parity). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "XOR": flexor, multiplexor, plexor. (additional references) | |
Words containing "XOR": doxorubicin, doxorubicins, exorable, exorbitance, exorbitances, exorbitant, exorbitantly, exorcise, exorcised, exorciser, exorcisers, exorcises, exorcising, exorcism, exorcisms, exorcist, exorcistic, exorcistical, exorcists, exorcize, exorcized, exorcizes, exorcizing, exordia, exordial, exordium, exordiums, flexors, inexorabilities, inexorability, inexorable, inexorableness, inexorablenesses, inexorably, ixora, ixoras, multiplexors, plexors, uxorial, uxoricide, uxoricides, uxorious, uxoriously, uxoriousness, uxoriousnesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "o-r-x" | |
-1 letter: or, ox. | |
| Words containing the letters "o-r-x" | |
+1 letter: oryx, roux. | |
+2 letters: borax, boxer, ixora, oxter, proxy, redox, xerox. | |
+3 letters: boxcar, boxers, boxier, coaxer, cortex, dextro, exhort, export, extort, flexor, fornix, foxier, hoaxer, ixoras, oryxes, oxcart, oxford, oxters, peroxy, plexor, prolix, storax, thorax, vortex. | |
+4 letters: anorexy, boraxes, boxcars, broadax, buxomer, coaxers, coexert, exactor, excitor, exhorts, exocarp, exoderm, exordia, explore, exports, exposer, extorts, firebox, flexors, foxfire, foxtrot, gearbox, hoaxers, hydroxy, oratrix, overlax, overmix, overtax, oxcarts, oxfords, oxheart, oxymora, paradox, peroxid, plexors, princox, proxies, proximo, redoxes, saxhorn, tortrix, trioxid, uxorial, waxwork, waxworm, workbox, xeroses, xerosis, xerotic, xeroxed, xeroxes. | |
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