Boolean

== English == === Alternative forms === boolean Boolian (dated) === Etymology === From Boole +‎ -ean, named after English mathematician, philosopher and logician George Boole (1815–1864). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbuːl.i.ən/, /buːˈli.ən/ (General American) enPR: bo͞oʹliən, bo͞oliʹən, IPA(key): /ˈbuli.ən/ Rhymes: -uːliən === Adjective === Boolean (not comparable) Of or pertaining to the work of George Boole. (logic, computing) Pertaining to data items that can have “true” and “false” (or, equivalently, 1 and 0 respectively) as their only possible values and to operations on such values. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Boolean (plural Booleans) (logic, computing) A variable that can hold a single true/false (1/0) value. ==== Synonyms ==== (Boolean variable): flag, bool ==== Translations ====