OR

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See also Appendix:Variations of "or"

English

Conjunction

OR

1. (logic) Inclusive or; either one proposition or the other is true or both.
2. (computer science) A lexical symbol to implement inclusive or in a computer language.
3. (electrical engineering) A logical gate to implement inclusive or.

Noun

OR (uncountable)

1. (logic) The binary operator inclusive or, true if one at least one of two inputs is true. In infix notation, it has values

(0 OR 0) = 0
(0 OR 1) = 1
(1 OR 0) = 1
(1 OR 1) = 1

Translations

logic: (noun sense)

• Catalan: OR (ca) f
• Finnish: TAI

• Hungarian: VAGY

Synonyms

• ∨

Antonyms

• NOR

See also

• AND
• XOR
• NAND
• NOT

Abbreviation

OR

1. Oregon, a state of the United States of America.
2. Orissa, a state of India.

Initialism

OR

1. (healthcare) Initialism of operating room.
   • 1998, Rushmore, 00:27:55

     Max Fischer: I like your nurse's uniform, guy. -- Dr. Peter Flynn: These are O.R. scrubs. -- Max Fischer: Oh, are they?

2. (sciences) Initialism of operations research.
3. (sports) Olympic Record

Anagrams

• RO