Physics A-Level
Truth table
What Truth table means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Truth table
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Reference: AQA
Lists every input combination and the resulting output, so it defines a circuit's behaviour completely.
Topics that use Truth table
- Combinational logic (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Gates as functional building blocks
- AND
- Boolean algebra
- Combinational circuit construction
- EOR
- NOT
- Product term
- Scope of the specification
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