Boolean

Boolean

See also: boolean

English

Alternative forms

• boolean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbuːl.i.ən/, /buːˈli.ən/

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• (US) enPR: bo͞oʹliən, bo͞oliʹən, IPA^(key): /ˈbuli.ən/

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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

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 Czech: booleovský Dutch: booleaans (nl) Esperanto: bulea Finnish: totuusarvoinen French: booléen (fr), boolien (fr) German: boolesch Italian: booleano (it) Japanese: ブール代数の (Būru-daisū-no)

Macedonian: булов m (búlov) Polish: boolowski Portuguese: booleano (pt) Romanian: boolean Russian: бу́лев (ru) (búlev) Spanish: booleano m Swedish: boolesk Turkish: Boole'ca, Boole'sal

Noun

Boolean (plural Booleans)

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

Synonyms

• (Boolean variable): flag, bool

Translations

type of variable

Chinese: Mandarin: 布爾值, 布尔值 (Bù'ěr zhí) Dutch: booleaanse (nl) waarde (nl) f Finnish: totuusarvomuuttuja French: variable booléenne (fr) f German: Boolean (de) m, boolsche Variable (de) f

Japanese: ブーリアン (Būrian), ブール値 (Būru-chi) Portuguese: booleano (pt) m Russian: бу́лева переме́нная f (búleva pereménnaja) Spanish: booleano m Swedish: boolesk variabel c Turkish: Boole değişkeni