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Why are the NAND and NOR gates known as digital building blocks or universal gates?

Why are the NAND and NOR gates known as digital building blocks or universal gates?

The repeated use of NAND or NOR gates alone can give all other gates like OR, AND and NOT gates. In digital circuits the NAND or NOR gates serves as building blocks and hence they are named so.

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