Boolean
See also: boolean
English
Etymology
Boole + -ean, named after English mathematician, philosopher and logician George Boole (1815–1864).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbuːl.i.ən/, /buːˈli.ən/
Audio (UK) (file) - (General American) enPR: bo͞oʹliən, bo͞oliʹən, IPA(key): /ˈbuli.ən/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uːliən
Adjective
Boolean (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the work of George Boole.
- (logic, computing) Pertaining to data items that can have “true” and “false” (or, equivalently, 1 and 0 respectively) as their only possible values and to operations on such values.
- 2005 May 9, Michael Chapman; Matthew Chapman, “Bug In Mouth Disease”, in Homestar Runner, spoken by Strong Sad (Matthew Chapman):
- Oh, Boolean operators! "Blue and ones"! Good idea!
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
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Noun
Boolean (plural Booleans)
Translations
type of variable
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