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Subject: More on NOT and INVERT
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Date: 4 Jul 90 02:40:20 GMT
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In support of the name INVERT for bitwise logical inversion, I note that
the hardware components which perform the function are called "inverters"
as opposed to "not gates".  Derived functions are called,
e.g. "inverting buffers" and "and-or-invert gates".

Mitch Bradley