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Where and When Did the Symbols "+" and "–" Origina...
And the symbol for the 4 cardinal directions (like on a map) gets written as: ⊕ (A circled plus.)
otibom
on March 13, 2013
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That's XOR !
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Which is addition. Without the carry.
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Calm down.
Daniel_Newby
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That wasn't excitement, just a factorial.
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