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INPUT OUTPUT
A B A XOR B
0 0 0
0 1 1
1 0 1
1 1 0

The XOR gate (Exclusive OR) is a logic gate that outputs 1 (true) when exactly one of its inputs is 1 (true). That means that if both of its inputs are the same, the output will be 0 (false). The XOR gate does what is called an exclusive disjunction in logic.

Symbols

There are three symbols for the XOR gate:

XOR ANSI Labelled.svg XOR IEC.svg XOR DIN.svg
MIL/ANSI Symbol IEC Symbol DIN Symbol


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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Puerta XOR para niños

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