"Or" vs. "Xor" in Math

Explanations 5

• OR and XOR are two different operations, although they are similar in some ways. Here's how they work. OR evaluates to True if one or more of the inputs are True, and False if t…

  By Harrison Grodin, Robert Kotcher, Victor Wang

• OR vs. XOR When describing binary operations, OR and XOR (exclusive or) are different. Intuitively OR means that one is true and the other isn't, but as an operator, it's slight…

  By Eric Zhang

• In common English, "or" can sometimes have an ambiguous meaning. However, in mathematics, that will not do, so we create two separate operations to cover everything that "or" co…

  By Joshua Siktar

• Q & A on Or vs. Xor Q: How are these operators represented on Venn Diagrams? A: A Venn Diagram has three regions: two for each of the two "categories" separately and a third for…

  By Joshua Siktar

• Write the expression below using or and xor notation. In addition to xxx being equal to 444, we know that yyy is equal to either 222 or −2-2−2. Write out the following statement…

  By Joshua Siktar