hardware A digital logic circuit that can be in one of two
states which it switches (or "
toggles") between under
control of its inputs. It can thus be considered as a one bit
Early literature refers to the "Eccles-Jordan circuit" and the
the active (amplifying) elements for each
bit of information
could operate at up to 20 million state transitions per second
as early as 1963.
(1995-11-11)