Bool

Origin

From a keyword in C++ and derived programming languages, short for Boolean.

Full definition of bool

Noun

1. (computing, programming) A Boolean variable, one whose value is either true or false.
• 2000, Mark A DeLoura, Game programming gemsThe 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# 2008Listing 7-11 shows an example where the initial data type is string, but I will obtain its value as a bool.

Anagrams

• bolo, BOLO