functional switching circuit

functional switching circuit

[¦fəŋk·shən·əl ′swich·iŋ ‚sər·kət]

(electronics)

One of a relatively small number of types of circuits which implements a Boolean function and constitutes a basic building block of a switching system; examples are the AND, OR, NOT, NAND, and NOR circuits.

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