logic gates

Binary decision components

Logic gates are the fundamental building blocks of digital circuits, performing basic operations on binary inputs to produce outputs.

Each gate type implements a specific logical function: AND gates output 1 only when all inputs are 1; OR gates output 1 when any input is 1; NOT gates invert the input.

More complex gates like NAND, NOR, and XOR combine these functions.

Physical logic gates are built from transistors; conceptual ones appear in programming and Boolean algebra.

The CPU contains billions of logic gates.

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