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OR

11 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. OR (noun)
  2. 1) or (conjunction)
  3. 2) or (preposition)
  4. 3) or (conjunction)
  5. 4) or (noun)
  6. OR (abbreviation)
  7. or else (conjunction)
  8. -or (noun suffix)
  9. -or (noun suffix)
  10. either-or (noun)
  11. either-or (adjective)

1OR

noun \ˈȯr\

Definition of OR

: a logical operator that requires either of two inputs to be present or conditions to be met for an output to be made or a statement to be executed <OR gate in a computer>

Origin of OR

1or
First Known Use: circa 1956

Other Computer-Related Terms

adware, flash, kludge, phishing, recursive, router

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