inclusive or

The term "inclusive or" is fundamental in logic and computing, representing a condition where one or more options can satisfy a given requirement.

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Definition

C1Logic

(technical, academic)A logical operator that returns true if at least one of the input conditions is true.

Example

  • In the statement 'A or B,' the inclusive or means that A, B, or both can be true for the statement to be true.

C1Computing

(technical)A bitwise operator that results in 1 if any of its operands is 1.

Example

  • The inclusive or operation on the bits 1010 and 1100 results in 1110.

Similar

Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "inclusive or":

exclusive orall infor all