bool
See also: boól
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -uːl
Etymology 1[edit]
From a keyword in C++ and derived programming languages, short for Boolean.
Noun[edit]
bool (plural bools)
- (programming) A Boolean variable, one whose value is either true or false.
- 2000, Mark A DeLoura, Game programming gems
- The base class
BitArray
acts just like a normal C++ array of bools, although you are of course free to interpret the bits as integers […]
- The base class
- 2000, Herb Sutter, Exceptional C++
- With an automatic conversion, bools will interfere with overload resolution […]
- 2007, Joseph C Rattz, Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in C# 2008
- Listing 7-11 shows an example where the initial data type is string, but I will obtain its value as a bool.
- 2000, Mark A DeLoura, Game programming gems
Etymology 2[edit]
Likely from replacement of the 'c' in cool.
Verb[edit]
bool (third-person singular simple present bools, present participle booling, simple past and past participle booled)
- (slang) To relax and consume cannabis or other recreational substances.
Anagrams[edit]
Bwatoo[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
bool
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008, →ISBN
Scots[edit]
Noun[edit]
bool (plural bools)