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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

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 events get either more exclusive or more expensive, and just trying to convince people online through email to hire you is becoming harder and harder."

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2024

Specific projects under the partnership have not yet been announced, but the pact is not exclusive or structured like a typical first-look deal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2024

“Maybe culture is not something that is super exclusive or difficult,” Bridges says.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 7, 2023

The negative, exclusive, or exclusionary rules which form the characteristic features of the English law of evidence, are the rules in accordance with which the judge guides the jury.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various