OR circuit

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noun Computers.

a circuit that is energized when any of its inputs are energized.

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Also called OR gate .

Origin of OR circuit

1950–55; so called from the disjunctive operation of such circuits; see or¹ (def. 6)

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Yet he feared to meet her eyes, and was glad of a saluting sepoy who swaggered jauntily past the open gate.
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At once the sepoys at the Kashmir Gate fired a volley at the nearest officers, of whom three fell dead.
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First through the gate came a company of Korean foot-soldiers, in blue uniforms.
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Bride and bridegroom, accompanied by the weeping crowd, proceeded to the castle gate.
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A rough track led to the gate, and Frank knocked loudly on an iron-studded door.
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British Dictionary definitions for OR circuit

OR circuit

OR gate

/ (ɔː) /

noun

computing a logic circuit having two or more input wires and one output wire that gives a high-voltage output signal if one or more input signals are at a high voltage: used extensively as a basic circuit in computersCompare AND circuit, NAND circuit

Word Origin for OR circuit

C20: so named from its similarity to the function of or in logical constructions

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