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Taxonomy vs Boolean - What's the difference?

taxonomy | boolean |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and boolean

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while Boolean is a variable that can hold a single true/false (1/0) value.

As an adjective Boolean is

of or pertaining to the work of George Boole.

taxonomy

English

(wikipedia taxonomy)

Noun

(taxonomies)
  • The science or the technique used to make a classification.
  • A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
  • (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

    • Synonyms

    * alpha taxonomy

    Derived terms

    * folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomy

    See also

    * classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontology

    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