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Re:The NAND gate. One gate to rule them all by gammalost on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @06:46AM (#28757667)
NAND-gates are important because every other boolean operation can be made with a combination of them. This means that you can construct a computer out of nothing but them.

If you want to see it in action try this https://nandgame.com/

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Re:The NAND gate. One gate to rule them all by rahen on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @06:52AM (#28757716)
Many computers were designed entirely out of NAND gates. Most famously the Cray-1.
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Re:The NAND gate. One gate to rule them all by moffkalast on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @08:26AM (#28758428)
Well I've been thoroughly nerd sniped by that game, so much for a productive Tuesday.
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