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flip-flop

circuit that has two stable states and can be used to store state information
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Summary

flip-flop is an electronic component[1]. flip-flop ranks in the top 5% of electronic component entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,794 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: logic gate[3]
  • Subclass of: multivibrator[4]
  • Has use: memory cell[5], sequential logic[6]
  • Commons category: Flip-flops[7]
  • Said to be the same as: Genetic Toggle Switch[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Flip-flops[9]
  • Commons gallery: Flip-flops[10]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://stackoverflow.com/tags/flip-flop[11]
  • Has characteristic: bistability[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]

Why It Matters

flip-flop has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] flip-flop is known by 96 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). flip-flop. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/flip-flop
MLA “flip-flop.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 15 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/flip-flop.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_flip-flop_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{flip-flop}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/flip-flop}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-15}}
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