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Boolean vs Bitwise - What's the difference?

boolean | bitwise |

As adjectives the difference between boolean and bitwise

is that boolean is (boolean) while bitwise is (computing) being an operation that treats a value as a series of bits rather than a numerical quantity.

As a noun boolean

is (boolean).

boolean

English

(wikipedia Boolean)

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or pertaining to the work of .
  • (logic, computing) Pertaining to data items that can have “true” and “false” (or, equivalently, respectively) as their only possible values and to operations on such values.

    • Derived terms

    * Boolean algebra * Boolean function * Boolean logic * Boolean ring * Boolean variable

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (logic, computing) A variable that can hold a single true/false () value.

    • Synonyms

    * (Boolean variable) flag

    bitwise

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (computing) Being an operation that treats a value as a series of bits rather than a numerical quantity.