Boolean

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the work of George Boole.
2. (not-comparable) Pertaining 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.

Noun

A variable that can hold a single true/false (1/0) value.

Synonyms

logic

logistic

boolean

Boole[’s]

Boolean value

Boolean symbol

Translations

booléen

booleano

booleaans

booleano

booleano

boolsch

boolien

booleà

Boolean

boolesch

de Boole

variable booléenne

boolienne

booléenne

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbuːl.i.ən/

Etymology

From Boole + -ean, named after English mathematician, philosopher and logician George Boole (1815–1864).