Because they are universal, which means you can build entire circuits out of only NAND or NOR gates, instead of combinations of OR, AND and the other gates. As a result, companies buy bulks of NAND gates to save money, because ordering one thing in huge numbers will always be cheaper than buying various things at the same number for the manufacture.
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THE MAIN ADVANTAGE OF THE UNIVERSAL LOGIC GATES IS THAT IT CAN BE USED TO MADE ANT KIND OF LOGIC GATE .......BY USING IT . NAND AND NOR ARE CALLED AS UNIVERSAL GATES ARE USED TO MAKE ANY GAATES AS OR ,AND, XNOR,NOT. logic gates are used in many everyday electronic devices such as tv's, computers and telephones.
for a two input gate to represent as an n-input gate excatly n-1 two input gates are required. this implies that for a two input OR gate to represent a four input OR gate exactly three two input OR gates are required let F is =a+b+c+d =(((a+b)+c)+d) =((a+b)+(c+d)) in both the above cases + is used three times so three two input OR gates make a four input OR gates. This discussion doesnot hold good for NAND gates an example can illlustrate the reson:- take F=(a.b.c.d)'=a'+b'+c'+d' --------------------------->(1) (this is obtained by a four input NAND gate) let us take this in the manner we did it for an OR gate and we will then verify the result. =((a.b)'(c.d)')' =((a'+b').(c'+d'))' =(a'+b')'+(c'+d')' =ab+cd <------------------------(2) (1)is not equal to (2) so we can say that a NAND gate cannot be replaced in the manner as OR gate is replaced
To make a full subtractor, you need an XOR and a NAND gate.
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