Boolean

English

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈbuːl.i.ən/, /buːˈli.ən/, X-SAMPA: /"bu:l.i.@n/, /bu:"li.@n/

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• (US) enPR: bo͞oʹliən, bo͞oliʹən, IPA: /ˈbuliən/, /buˈliən/ , X-SAMPA: /"buli@n/, /bu"li@n/

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Etymology

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

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

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

Translations

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

• Catalan: booleà (ca)
• Dutch: booleaans (nl)
• French: booléen (fr), boolien (fr)
• German: boolesch (de)
• Italian: booleano (it)
• Japanese: ブール代数の (ja) (Būru-daisū-no)

• Macedonian: булов (mk) (búlov) m
• Polish: boolowski (pl)
• Portuguese: booleano (pt)
• Russian: булев (ru) (búlev)
• Swedish: boolesk (sv)
• Turkish: Boole'ca (tr), Boole'sal (tr)

Noun

Boolean (plural Booleans)

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

Synonyms

• (Boolean variable): flag

Translations

logic: a variable

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布爾值 (cmn), 布尔值 (cmn) (Bù'ěr zhí)

• Dutch: booleaanse (nl) waarde (nl) f
• Finnish: totuusarvomuuttuja

• French: variable booléenne (fr) f
• German: Boolean (de) m, boolsche (de) Variable (de) f
• Japanese: ブーリアン (ja) (Būrian), ブール値 (ja) (Būru-chi)
• Russian: булева переменная (ru) (búleva pereménnaja) f