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Logic Gate

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A logic gate is an elementary building block of a digital circuit. Most logic gates have two inputs and one output. As digital circuits can only understand binary, inputs and outputs can assume only one of two states, 0 or 1.

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Logic Gates
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Logic Gates'

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SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
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A logic gate is an elementary building block of a digital circuit. Most logic gates have two inputs and one output. As digital circuits can only understand binary, inputs and outputs can assume only one of two states, 0 or 1.
Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
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a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs

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