Sheffer stroke
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- Date
- 1913 · confidence medium
- Place
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Credited to
- Henry M. Sheffer
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What was discovered
A binary logical operation (NAND, "not both") sufficient on its own to express any other Boolean operation, formulated by Henry M. Sheffer.
What it led to
- NAND logic gates in digital electronics
- Minimalist integrated circuit design
- Logic programming languages
- Simplification of Boolean algebra