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Boolean chaos glossary

Glossary

Bit
A binary digit, used to represent numbers in base 2, generally represented as a 1 or 0. Bit is also a unit of information (entropy)
Boolean
Refers to data items that can have "true" and "false" (or, equivalently, 1 and 0 respectively) as their only possible values and to operations on such values.
Deterministic
Having exactly predictable time evolution. That may be determined from rules, not due to chance or randomness.
Discrete
Separate, distinct, non-continuous.
Parity
Refers to whether an integer is even (divisible by two) or odd (not divisible by two).
Parity is also the name of a logic function of N bits which is true (1) only if the total number of inputs with value 1 is odd.
XOR - Exclusive-OR
Logic function of two inputs which is true (1) only if the two inputs have different values.
XNOR - Exclusive-NOR
Logic function of two inputs which is true (1) only if the two inputs have the same value.


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