or XOR - A logical combination of two true or false conditions. If both conditions are false or both conditions are true the result is false; if either condition is true and the other is false the result is true. See below. condition 1 condition 2 result false false false false true true true false true true true false

A process based on a mathematical algorithm that is used by RAID levels 2, 3, 4, and 5 to compare computer data (binary 0s and 1s) created by a write request or by a read request during a drive failure. The result of the XOR process is parity information that will be stored along with data for real-time recovery in the event of a disk failure.

A process based on a mathematical algorithm that is used by RAID levels 2-5 to compare data created by a read request during a drive failure or by a write request.

Computational operation on bits that adds the two bits together and discards the carry. This is the basis of the Vernam cipher and key splitting.

interpretation of "or" as meaning either one or the other but not both.

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