NAND

See also: nánd and nǟnd

English

Etymology

Blend of NOT +‎ AND, by analogy with NOR reinterpreted as NOT + AND or negation + AND (see also NOR, formed analogically).

Noun

NAND (plural NANDs)

(logic) A binary operator composite of NOT AND; negation of AND function.

(0 NAND 0) = 1
(0 NAND 1) = 1
(1 NAND 0) = 1
(1 NAND 1) = 0

NAND Truth Table
Input		Output
A	B	Output
0	0	1
0	1	1
1	0	1
1	1	0

Usage notes

Boolean variables and states (AND, OR, NOT, TRUE, FALSE etc.) are commonly written in all uppercase in order to distinguish them from the ordinary uses of the words.

Antonyms

AND

Translations

binary operator

Catalan: NAND (ca) f
Finnish: EI-JA
French: NON-ET (fr) m

Japanese: NAND (nando), 否定論理積 (hitei ronriseki)
Malay: TAK-DAN
Romanian: NAND, ȘI NEGAT

See also

Anagrams

nDNA, ndna

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