What do most people say for “Name a logic gate”?

The usual first answers are AND, OR and NOT. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a logic gate”?

19 in all: 3 on The Tip, 3 Below the Surface, 3 in The Deep, 9 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a logic gate” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “OR” and the longest is “Tri state buffer”.

Computer Science trivia

Name a logic gate

“Name a logic gate” is one of 34 computer science prompts in Icillion. Of its 19 accepted answers, 3 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.

The tip of the iceberg

Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.

One step down

Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:

NAND
NOR
XOR

Answers by level

Level	Accepted answers	Points
The Tip	3	10
Below the Surface	3	25
The Deep	3	50
The Abyss	9	85
Below the Iceberg	1	100

The Deep holds 3 answers starting with B, T and X. The Abyss has 9 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

Inside the answer list

19 answers in total, 10 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “OR”. Longest: “Tri state buffer”.
P, N and C are the most common first letters; together they start 47% of the answers.
1 answers can be typed more than one way: “Controlled NOT” counts as CNOT.

Getting below the surface

Start with P: 4 of the answers begin with it.
AND, OR and NOT are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Standards and their organisations hide many deep answers.

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What the words mean

Logic gate

Questions about this prompt

What do most people say for “Name a logic gate”?: The usual first answers are AND, OR and NOT. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a logic gate”?: 19 in all: 3 on The Tip, 3 Below the Surface, 3 in The Deep, 9 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name a logic gate” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “OR” and the longest is “Tri state buffer”.

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