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NOT

A Boolean logic operation that reverses the input. If 0 is input, 1 is output, and vice versa. See AND-OR-NOT.


(logic)NOT - The Boolean function which is true only if its input is false. Its truth table is:

A | NOT A --+---------- F | T T | F


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In that way, each peak acts as a so-called NOT gate, or a component whose output always has the opposite value of its input, the scientists report in the June 14 Science.
The processors at the heart of today's computers are basically vast and intricate combinations of the NOT gate, with two other basic functions, "AND" and "OR" gates, which perform other computations.
The architecture means that the limiting factor on speed is power consumption, not gate delay, and Bailey argues that constrained logic areas will run much faster.
 
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