Computer Science GCSE
Problem solving with logic
What Problem solving with logic means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for OCR.
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Truth tables show exactly when a system outputs True, which helps design logic circuits, test program conditions and check whether two expressions are equivalent.
Topics that use Problem solving with logic
- Boolean logic (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- AND
- Evaluating AND, OR and NOT operators
- Evaluating combined logic circuits
- Logic gate symbols and functions
- NOT
- Systematic enumeration of input combinations
- Testing logical equivalence
- Truth table construction
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