Boolean

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From the name of George Boole.

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Boolean (not comparable)

Positive
Boolean

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

  1. Of or pertaining to the work of George Boole.
  2. (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.

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Singular
Boolean

Plural
Booleans

Boolean (plural Booleans)

  1. (logic, computing) A variable that can hold a single true/false (1/0) value.

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  • (Boolean variable): flag

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