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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A logical operator that consists of a logical OR followed by a logical NOT and returns a true value only if both operands are false.

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  • noun The ISO 3166-1 three-letter (alpha-3) code for Norway.
  • noun A binary operator composite of NOT OR; negation of OR function.

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Examples

  • He's not that way: not a couple in all Ireland, and that's saying a great dale, looks less after their own, nor is more off-handeder, or open-hearteder, or greater open-house-keepers, NOR

    The Absentee Maria Edgeworth 1808

  • "get" Procedures right, nor understand what is normal behavior with a client, NOR can he EVEN

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  • "get" Procedures right, nor understand what is normal behavior with a client, NOR can he EVEN

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  • "The habits, the feelings, all the prejudices of society -- prejudices which neither _refinement_, nor _argument_, nor _education_, NOR

    An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans Lydia Maria Francis Child 1841

  • And it's not in either the slot where it belongs NOR is it in any of the various drawers.

    random things I do not understand 2008

  • Spansion, which emerged from bankruptcy in May, was once the global leader in a type of flash memory called NOR, which is used for storing code that runs devices.

    Reuters: Top News 2010

  • The company also expanded into a new area of the memory market known as NOR with its $1.2 billion Numonyx acquisition, which closed last year.

    Micron's Profit Falls on Softer Demand for Computers 2011

  • The company also expanded into a new area of the memory market known as NOR with its $1.2 billion Numonyx acquisition.

    Micron Tech Swings to Loss Shara Tibken 2011

  • The two companies are proposing that server makers instead use a new variant of a chip called NOR flash memory, which is often used to store software in cellphones.

    Tech Firms Address DRAM Drain 2008

  • Spansion primarily sells a variety of chip known as NOR flash memory, used for applications such as storing software in cellphones.

    Spansion Seeks Import Ban to Pressure Samsung 2008

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