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Boolean logic
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[edit] Definitions of Boolean logic on the Web:
- a type of logic (using AND, OR, NOT operators, for example) used by search engines to find information on the Internet and in electronic databases ...
mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/netterms.htm
- is the algebraic system, developed by George Boole that is applied to Boolean expressions that contain Boolean operators such as AND, OR, NOT AND ...
fixedreference.org/en/20040424/wikipedia/Information_science_glossary_of_terms
- Use of operators AND, OR, NOT to combine search terms (see KEYWORDS/KEYWORD SEARCHING) .
libraries.evansville.edu/libservices/teach/glossary.html
- This is a way to combine your words when using a search engine using words such as 'AND' 'OR' 'AND NOT' 'NEAR' to ...
www.le.ac.uk/webcentre/help/glossary.html
- the language used in most engines that search by key word allow the use of "AND,""OR,""NOT," and so on, to define relationships among various key words.
toolsforwriters.org/portfolios/fall03/orr/b.htm
- words (AND, OR, NOT) used in searching online resources (such as the periodical indexes) that determine the relationship between two or more ...
- A method for combining search terms using operators to limit or expand the numbers of results. Originally developed by the mathematician George Boole in the mid-19th Century. See also Boolean Operators, Venn Diagrams and Operators.
www.library.okstate.edu/infolit/glossary.htm
- The use of the logical operators ‘and’, ‘or’ and ‘not’ in retrieving information from a computer database
data.bolton.ac.uk/bissto/glossary/index.htm
- A system of linking terms in computer searching with the Boolean Operators AND, OR and NOT.
library.albany.edu/usered/basics/libterm.html
- A manner in which computers can process data, named after the 19th-century English mathematician, George Boole. ...
www.library.wwu.edu/ref/howtoguides/glossary.html
- Keyword search system that uses sets to include or exclude search terms. Use "AND" to combine multiple search terms (narrow your search). Use "OR" to find either search term (broaden your search).
library.mcneese.edu/tutorial/glossary.htm
- Boolean operators (AND, OR, and NOT) are used to join search terms to create more complex searches. For example, a search for Potato AND chips would return records for all materials that include "potato and chips" but not documents that include only potato or only chips.
www.linccweb.org/WebHelp/future_topics/library_terms.htm
- Logic dealing with True/False values (for example, the operators AND, OR, and NOT are Boolean operators).
www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Campus/8262/Databases/b/gct.html
- A method of logic designed to show relationships between concepts (ideas), by using the terms AND, OR and NOT to connect these concepts. For example, “France and Agriculture”; “Teacher or Instructor”; “Saturn not automobile”. ...
novaonline.nv.cc.va.us/eli/lbr105/glossary.htm
- The use of the terms “AND,” “OR” and “NOT” in conducting searches. Used to widen or narrow the scope of a search.
www.docuwaresolutions.co.uk/glossary.asp
- is another way that you can search databases. This works on a similar principle as search engine math, but has a little more power. Boolean logic consists of three logical operators: AND NOT OR
- A process of reasoning using symbolic relationships designed to permit mathematical calculations. It incorporate sets, propositions, and on-off circuit elements such as AND, OR and NOT. It is also called Boolean mathematics and Boolean algebra.
www.donaldfish.com/Articles/A101B.htm
- A way of expressing what a user needs from a database (Such as an online search engine)
www.phatspace.co.uk/phatsite2002/glossary.htm
- a system of symbolic logic devised by George Boole; used in computers
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
- Boolean logic is a complete system for logical operations. It was named after George Boole, who first defined an algebraic system of logic in the mid 19th century. Boolean logic has many applications in electronics, computer hardware and software, and is the base of digital electronics. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boolean logic
- A system of symbolic logic that is the basis of Boolean algebra
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Boolean logic
