A Boolean, named after the mathematician George Boole, is a data type in computer science that represents one of two possible values: true or false. Booleans are fundamental in programming and are used to make decisions, control the flow of a program, and evaluate conditions.
In programming languages, Boolean values are often manipulated using logical operators, such as AND, OR, and NOT, to perform logical operations on one or more Boolean operands. These operations allow programmers to create complex conditional statements and control structures that dictate the behavior of a program.
Boolean values are commonly used in conditional statements, where they determine the execution path based on whether a condition evaluates to true or false.