and gate

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   a circuit in a computer that fires only when all of its inputs fire

   SynonymsAND circuit

   Broadergate

Questions about and gate

What does and gate mean?

and gate means "a circuit in a computer that fires only when all of its inputs fire".

What is another word for and gate?

Close synonyms include AND circuit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is and gate a common word?

and gate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.