Boolean

See also: boolean

English

Alternative forms

• boolean
• Boolian (dated)

Etymology

Boole +‎ -ean, named after English mathematician, philosopher and logician George Boole (1815–1864).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbuːl.i.ən/, /buːˈli.ən/

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• (US) enPR: bo͞oʹliən, bo͞oliʹən, IPA^(key): /ˈbuli.ən/

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Adjective

Boolean (not comparable)

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.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Boolean algebra
• Boolean function
• Boolean logic
• Boolean ring
• Boolean variable

Translations

logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”

• Catalan: booleà
• Czech: booleovský
• Dutch: booleaans (nl)
• Esperanto: bulea
• Finnish: totuusarvoinen
• French: booléen (fr), boolien (fr)
• German: boolesch
• Italian: booleano (it)
• Japanese: ブール代数の (Būru-daisū no)
• Macedonian: булов m (bulov)
• Polish: boolowski
• Portuguese: booleano (pt)
• Romanian: boolean
• Russian: бу́лев (ru) (búlev)
• Spanish: booleano
• Swedish: boolesk
• Turkish: Boole'ca, Boole'sal

Noun

Boolean (plural Booleans)

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

Synonyms

• (Boolean variable): flag, bool

Translations

type of variable

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布爾值／布尔值 (Bù'ěr zhí)

• Dutch: booleaanse waarde f
• Finnish: totuusarvomuuttuja
• French: variable booléenne f
• German: Boolean (de) m, boolsche Variable f
• Japanese: ブーリアン (Būrian), ブール値 (Būru-chi)
• Portuguese: booleano (pt) m
• Russian: бу́лева переме́нная f (búleva pereménnaja)
• Spanish: booleano m
• Swedish: boolesk variabel c
• Turkish: Boole değişkeni