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Feb 6, 2023 10:00 AM

What is XOR

by HubSite 365 about John Savill's [MVP]

Principal Cloud Solutions Architect

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A look at binary operations AND, OR, NOT and the grand finale, XOR!!

A look at binary operations AND, OR, NOT and the grand finale, XOR!!

XOR stands for Exclusive OR. It is a logical operator that outputs true (1) if either of the inputs are true, but not both. XOR can be used to compare two bits and returns a value depending on whether they are equal or different. For example, 0 XOR 0 = 0; 1 XOR 1 = 0; and 1 XOR 0 = 1. This makes it useful in cryptography since it allows you to encrypt data by combining two pieces of information together in such a way that only someone with the same key can decrypt them again.

(eXclusive OR) A Boolean logic operation that is widely used in cryptography as well as in generating parity bits for error checking and fault tolerance.