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Karnaugh|ˈkɑːnɔː|
[The name of Maurice Karnaugh (b. 1924), U.S. physicist, who published an account of the diagram in 1953.]
Karnaugh map or Karnaugh diagram: a diagram that consists of a rectangular array of squares each representing a different combination of the variables of a Boolean function (used, e.g., to find by inspection a simpler equivalent function).
1958M. Phister Logical Design Digital Computers 405 (Index), Karnaugh map. 1960W. C. Irwin Digital Computer Princ. xiv. 76 The most elementary Karnaugh map represents a function of two variables. 1968Hill & Peterson Introd. Switching Theory vi. 87 The Karnaugh map is essentially a diagrammatic form of truth table, and..the Venn diagram concepts of union and intersection of areas aid us in setting up or interpreting a Karnaugh map. 1970O. Dopping Computers & Data Processing i. 28 When the number of sets is large, the overall view is improved by using a kind of modified Venn diagrams called Karnaugh diagrams or Veitch diagrams. 1973Math. Teaching Sept. 48/1 The Karnaugh map takes the place of a truth table. |