Computer Science GCSE
Logical operators
What Logical operators means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Logical operators
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Operators that combine or invert Boolean results: AND is true only when both inputs are true, OR is true when at least one is true, and NOT reverses a single Boolean.
Topics that use Logical operators
- Algorithms (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Arithmetic operators
- Binary search
- Bubble sort
- Linear search
- Logic error
- Merge sort
- Modulus
- Relational operators
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