Definition: Peritectic is a concept in algebra and computer science, which refers to a binary operation that has two inputs (a and b) and produces an output of a. It's often used in programming languages like Python, where it's denoted as "a
b" or "a & b". This operation allows for the creation of new binary numbers from existing ones by applying one input to the other.
In terms of algebraic operations, peritectic is akin to the commutative