logic gate

English

Noun

logic gate (plural logic gates)

1. (computing) A physical device, typically electronic, which computes a Boolean logical output (0 or 1) from Boolean input or inputs according to the rules of some logical operator.

   There are six non-trivial, symmetric, two-input, Boolean logic gates: AND, OR, XOR, NAND, NOR and XNOR.

   • 2025 August 30, “Logic Gates - Definition, Types, Uses”, in GeeksforGeeks‎^[1], archived from the original on 11 September 2025:

     There are basically seven main types of logic gates that are used to perform various logical operations in digital systems. […] In digital electronics, there is a specially designed logic gate named, XOR gate, which is used in digital circuits to perform modulo sum.

Derived terms

• universal logic gate

Translations

physical Boolean device

• Bulgarian: логически елемент m (logičeski element)
• French: porte logique (fr) f
• German: Logikgatter n
• Indonesian: gerbang logika
• Japanese: 論理素子 (ronri soshi)
• Malay: get logik
• Norwegian: logiske porter m pl
• Polish: bramka logiczna f
• Spanish: compuerta lógica f, puerta lógica f

See also

• quantum gate

References

• Symbols for logic gates. Twenty First Century Books, Breckenridge, CO.
• The IEC symbols are defined in IEC 60617-12 (1997-12), Graphical symbols for diagrams - Part 12: Binary logic elements

Further reading

• logic gate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia