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The adjective
Boolean
(sometimes '''boolean'''), coined in honor of
George Boole
, is used in many contexts:
An evaluation that results in either TRUE or FALSE.
A
boolean value
is a
Truth Value
, either "true" or "false", often coded 1 and 0, respectively.
A
Boolean-valued Function
of one variable is a ''
Characteristic Function
'' or an ''
Indicator Function
'' of a subset of its domain.
For a boolean-valued function of two variables see
Binary Relation
.
For use in mathematics, see
Boolean Algebra
.
For a basic introduction to sets, Boolean operations, Venn diagrams, truth tables, and Boolean applications, see
Boolean Logic
In computer science, "boolean" is a datatype, usually a primitive datatype. See
Boolean Datatype
.
For boolean templates on Wikipedia, see .