Electronics world

Flip Flop

• flip-flop is a term referring to an electronic circuit (a bistable multivibrator) that has two stable states and thereby is capable of serving as one bit of memory

• The term flip-flop has come to mostly denote non-transparent (clocked or edge-triggered) devices, while the simpler transparent ones are often referred to as latches

• Flip-flops are heavily used for digital data storage and transfer and are commonly used in banks called "registers" for the storage of binary numerical data

• A flip-flop is usually controlled by one or two control signals and/or a gate or clock signal

• The output often includes the complement as well as the normal output. As flip-flops are implemented electronically, they require power and ground connections