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• exclusive OR
  exclusive OR

  XOR.
• exclusive or
  exclusive or

  noun

  logic the connective that gives the value true to a disjunction if one or other, but not both, of the disjuncts are true Compare inclusive or

exclusive OR

American  

1. XOR.

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exclusive or British  

noun

1. Also called: exclusive disjunction. logic the connective that gives the value true to a disjunction if one or other, but not both, of the disjuncts are true Compare inclusive or

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exclusive OR exclusive or

The logical functions AND, inclusive OR, and exclusive OR, are formed in the Accumulator.

From Preliminary Specifications: Programmed Data Processor Model Three (PDP-3) October, 1960 by Digital Equipment Corporation

And it’s sometimes hard to draw a line between those two things: Is this an exclusive, or is it a public forum?

From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026

Now it doesn’t really have any exclusive or defining titles, yet Microsoft spent billions scooping up IPs with nothing to show for it.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

"The myth that golf is exclusive or inaccessible is not the reality on the ground," he argues, though he notes barriers still exist - including cost and perception.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026

But some young L.A. partygoers are tired of corporate-feeling clubs and exclusive or ticketed events.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024

Finally, that these facts, when taken together, afford strong evidence that "Natural Selection" has not been the exclusive or predominant cause of the various organic structural peculiarities.

From On the Genesis of Species by St. George Mivart

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