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minterm

minterm noun: in Boolean algebra, a product term, with a value of 1, in which each variable appears once (in either its complemented or uncomplemented form, so that the value of the product term becomes 1).

Noun

minterm (plural minterms)

  1. In Boolean algebra, a product term, with a value of 1, in which each variable appears once (in either its complemented or uncomplemented form, so that the value of the product term becomes 1).
    • A Boolean function can be expressed, canonically, as a sum of minterms, where each minterm corresponds to a row (of the function's truth table) whose output value is 1.
    • If a product term includes all of the variables exactly once, either complemented or not complemented, this product term is called a minterm.2014 February 17, Linda Null, Julia Lobur, Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture, Jones & Bartlett Publishers, →ISBN, page 199

Forms of minterm

pluralminterms

Questions about minterm

What does minterm mean?
Minterm means in Boolean algebra, a product term, with a value of 1, in which each variable appears once (in either its complemented or uncomplemented form, so that the value of the product term becomes 1).
What part of speech is minterm?
Minterm is a noun.
What is the plural of minterm?
The plural of minterm is minterms.

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