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outputs represent
Boolean or binary values as voltages
(
TTL uses 0V for False or 0, +5V for True or 1). Different
gates implement different Boolean functions:
AND,
OR,
NAND,
NOR (these may take two or more inputs)
NOT (one
input),
XOR (two inputs). NOT, NAND and NOR are often
constructed from single
transistors and the other gates made
from combinations of these basic ones. These functions are
only on their inputs and there is no internal state. Gates
constructed by feeding some of their outputs back to their
inputs.
(1995-02-08)