noun
Meaning 1
A switching circuit whose output is determined solely by some combination of its concurrent inputs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Examples
- For a combinational circuit, the input (Shannon) entropy is the joint entropy of its input bits, the output entropy is the joint entropy of its output bits, and the output entropy is always less than or equal to the input entropy, even if the quantity of output bits is larger than the quantity of input bits.
Meaning relationships
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