- Boolean logic is the mathematical system underlying digital circuits and logic gates. It represents binary states as true/false or 1/0.
- George Boole first developed a symbolic system of logic in 1854 known as Boolean algebra. Claude Shannon later applied it to electrical circuits.
- Digital logic gates like AND, OR, NOT implement Boolean logic and operate on binary inputs to produce binary outputs. More complex gates like NAND and NOR can be used to build any digital circuit.
- Boolean algebra uses postulates, theorems and truth tables to analyze and simplify digital logic circuits. Principles like duality, distribution and DeMorgan's laws allow simplifying expressions.