Question

Why do the D flip-flops receive its designation or nomenclature as ‘Data Flip-flops’?

(a) Due to its capability to receive data from flip-flop

(b) Due to its capability to store data in flip-flop

(c) Due to its capability to transfer the data into flip-flop

(d) Due to erasing the data from the flip-flop

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This interesting question is from D Flip Flop in division Flip-Flops of Digital Circuits

Answer 1

Right answer is (c) Due to its capability to transfer the data into flip-flop

To explain: Due to its capability to transfer the data into flip-flop. D-flip-flops stores the value on the data line.