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XOR

American  
[eks-awr] / ˈɛksˌɔr /

noun

  1. a Boolean operator that returns a positive result when either but not both of its operands are positive.


Etymology

Origin of XOR

(e)x(clusive) OR

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NQ Vault does not quite use ROT13, but as a hacker going by NinjaDoge24 discovered this weekend, it uses something just as simple: 8-bit XOR.

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2015

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