Glossary

AND - a gate in Boolean logic. Output is true if and only if both inputs are true

ANN - a gate in the Fred/Ann Trinary Logic set

binary - any situation involving exactly two possible choices, such as a 1 and a 0

BOB - a gate in the Bob/Ike/Qui Trinary Logic set

Boolean - see binary

carry digit - in a half-adder, the digit carried over to the next addition sequence

dominance - the value output in any case where it is input, i.e. 1 is dominant in the OR gate, because a 1 is output anytime a 1 is input

FRED - a gate in the Fred/Ann Trinary Logic set

full-adder - a logic network into which two numbers are input, the output being their sum

gate - logic data manipulator, including AND, OR, and NOT

half-adder - a logic network into which two digits are input, the output being their sum and a carry digit

"I haven't got a clue so I'm gonna leave it blank for now" option - what mathematicians call any situation when they don't know what the right answer is

IKE - a gate in the Bob/Ike/Qui Trinary Logic set

input - a digit or digits which are manipulated by a logic network to produce an output

logic - in this case, the mathematical science of manipulating data to a result

NED - a gate in the Bob/Ike/Qui Trinary Logic set

network - a composition of linked gates

NOT - a gate in Boolean logic. Output is the opposite of the input

OR - a gate in Boolean logic. Output is true if either one or both inputs are true

output - the result of a logic network or gate recieving input

QUI - a gate in the Bob/Ike/Qui Trinary Logic set

sum digit - in a half-adder, the sum of the two digits

trinary - any situation involving exactly three choices, such as -1/0/1

truth table - a set of data listing all possible inputs and outputs from a logic network

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