Before reading this page read the one on LOGIC GATES.
If you look at the truth table for the OR gate not only does the output go high when A OR B are high but it goes high when A AND B together are high. This can cause problems in some applications.
Therefore the EXCLUSIVE OR or EXOR is used.
The output of the EXOR only goes high when A or B on its own goes high. That is when A or B exclusively goes high.
When A and B are both high the output stays low.
This is shown in the truth table.
