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logic circuit

n.
A computer switching circuit that consists of a number of logic gates and performs logical operations on data.
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logic circuit

n
(Computer Science) an electronic circuit used in computers to perform a logical operation on its two or more input signals. There are six basic circuits, the AND, NOT, NAND, OR, NOR, and exclusive OR circuits, which can be combined into more complex circuits
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logic circuit

n (Comput) → logische Schaltung
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In fact, IBM recently unveiled the smallest-ever computer logic circuit made from a single carbon molecule.
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The logic circuit diagram shows several continuous-time recurrent loops (breaking the digital design rules), so the system's behavior is unlikely to be fully captured by this Boolean level of abstraction.