logical operation

American  

noun

1. Boolean operation.

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logical operation British  

noun

1. computing an operation involving the use of logical functions, such as and or or, that are applied to the input signals of a particular logic circuit

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logical operation Scientific  

/ lŏj′ĭ-kəl /

1. A function on binary variables whose output is also a binary variable. Logical operations are the function of logic gates in digital circuits. Logical operations include AND, OR, NOT, and combinations of those operations.

2. See more at Boolean algebra

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logical operation

"Performing a logical operation in this fault-tolerant way would be relatively easy if we could move our qubits around and connect them arbitrarily to each other," says Kerschbaum.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2026

The process becomes more complex when researchers want to apply a logical operation such as a controlled-NOT gate between two logical qubits.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2026

Physicists knew that this effect could be used to perform a single logical operation, or gate, on photons shot through a small maze of mirrors, beam splitters, and other optical elements.

From Science Magazine ● May 6, 2024

The researchers considered how to use the idea to implement a logical operation called a bit swap, in which two bits simultaneously flip their value: 1 becomes 0, and vice versa.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 29, 2022

To regard perception, memory, and imagination as implicit forms or as sub-species of logical operation is much like conceiving the movements of our fingers and arms as implicit or imperfect species of painting, or swimming.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Boyd H. Bode