XOR

  1. Noun.  (logic) The connective "exclusive or".
  2. Noun.  (electrical engineering) A logic gate that implements "exclusive or".
  3. Noun.  (programming) The symbolic representation that implements "exclusive or".
  4. Verb.  (transitive, computing) To perform the XOR function upon.
  5. Noun.  The logic function exclusive OR (as opposed to inclusive OR), whose output is true only when exactly one of its inputs is true.
  6. Conjunction.  (rare) or (but not both).

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