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Maxterm vs Minterm - What's the difference?

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Minterm is a related term of maxterm.



As nouns the difference between maxterm and minterm

is that maxterm is a sum that is a logical OR of a set of variables while minterm is in Boolean algebra, a product term in which each variable appears once (in either its complemented or uncomplemented form).

maxterm

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (algebra) A sum that is a logical OR of a set of variables

    • Related terms

    * minterm

    minterm

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • In Boolean algebra, a product term in which each variable appears once (in either its complemented or uncomplemented form).
    • A Boolean function can be expressed, canonically, as a sum of minterms , where each minterm corresponds to a row (of the function's truth table) whose output value is 1.

    Related terms

    * maxterm