Logic Circuit: Difference between revisions

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=== Overview ===

Logic circuits form the foundational building blocks of virtually all modern [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/digital digital] systems, including [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/microprocessor microprocessors], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/memory memory units], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/arithmetic arithmetic] [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/logic logic] units (ALUs), and [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/programmable programmable] controllers. Unlike [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/analog analog] [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/circuit circuits], which process continuously varying [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/signal signals], logic circuits operate on discrete [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/binary binary] states — conventionally represented as '''0''' (low/false) and '''1''' (high/true).

Logic circuits form the foundational building blocks of virtually all modern digital systems, including [[microprocessor|microprocessors]], [[memory ~~(computing)|~~memory units]], [[~~arithmetic~~ logic ~~unit|arithmetic~~ logic units (ALUs)]], and programmable controllers. Unlike [[~~analog~~ circuit~~|analog~~ circuits]], which process continuously varying signals, logic circuits operate on discrete binary states — conventionally represented as '''0''' (low/false) and '''1''' (high/true).

The behavior of any logic circuit, regardless of complexity, can be fully described and predicted using the equations of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Boolean_algebra Boolean algebra], first formalized by mathematician [[George Boole]] in the mid-nineteenth century and later adapted for [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/electrical electrical] [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/engineering engineering] by [[Claude Shannon]] in his landmark 1937 thesis.

The behavior of any logic circuit, regardless of complexity, can be fully described and predicted using the equations of [[Boolean algebra]], first formalized by mathematician [[George Boole]] in the mid-nineteenth century and later adapted for electrical engineering by [[Claude Shannon]] in his landmark 1937 thesis.

=== Electronic Gates ===

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 === Overview ===
+Logic circuits form the foundational building blocks of virtually all modern [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/digital digital] systems, including [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/microprocessor microprocessors], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/memory memory units], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/arithmetic arithmetic] [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/logic logic] units (ALUs), and [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/programmable programmable] controllers. Unlike [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/analog analog] [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/circuit circuits], which process continuously varying [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/signal signals], logic circuits operate on discrete [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/binary binary] states — conventionally represented as '''0''' (low/false) and '''1''' (high/true).
-Logic circuits form the foundational building blocks of virtually all modern digital systems, including [[microprocessor|microprocessors]], [[memory (computing)|memory units]], [[arithmetic logic unit|arithmetic logic units (ALUs)]], and programmable controllers. Unlike [[analog circuit|analog circuits]], which process continuously varying signals, logic circuits operate on discrete binary states — conventionally represented as '''0''' (low/false) and '''1''' (high/true).
+The behavior of any logic circuit, regardless of complexity, can be fully described and predicted using the equations of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Boolean_algebra Boolean algebra], first formalized by mathematician [[George Boole]] in the mid-nineteenth century and later adapted for [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/electrical electrical] [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/engineering engineering] by [[Claude Shannon]] in his landmark 1937 thesis.
-The behavior of any logic circuit, regardless of complexity, can be fully described and predicted using the equations of [[Boolean algebra]], first formalized by mathematician [[George Boole]] in the mid-nineteenth century and later adapted for electrical engineering by [[Claude Shannon]] in his landmark 1937 thesis.
 === Electronic Gates ===