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bool

bool

See also: boól

English

Noun

bool (plural bools)

  1. (programming) A Boolean variable, one whose value is either true or false.
    • 2000, Mark A DeLoura, Game programming gems
      The base class BitArray acts just like a normal C++ array of bools, although you are of course free to interpret the bits as integers...
    • 2000, Herb Sutter, Exceptional C++
      With an automatic conversion, bools will interfere with overload resolution...
    • 2007, Joseph C Rattz, Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in C# 2008
      Listing 7-11 shows an example where the initial data type is string, but I will obtain its value as a bool.

Anagrams


Bwatoo

Etymology

From English ball.

Noun

bool

  1. ball
  2. (chiefly) a cricket ball

Synonyms

References

  • Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008, ISBN 3110206048)

Scots

Noun

bool (plural bools)

  1. (Doric) A single marble used in the game bools rolled into a kypie (a hollow made by the heel of the foot).