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    Yes, Microsoft is the authority, but the authoritative document is the specification. See section 7.12, Conditional Logical Operators. Commented Nov 22, 2017 at 17:49
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    The moral of the story being: it's more important to understand precisely what these operators do than to be precise about their names. Commented Nov 22, 2017 at 17:50
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    Focus on what the operators do, and stop obsessing with the vocabulary. See also Naming Considered Harmful. Commented Nov 22, 2017 at 17:56
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    +1. Everything listed in the question is just operators that take one or two expressions and evaluate to a value. The adjectives are unnecessary hair splitting. Commented Nov 22, 2017 at 18:00
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    @RobertHarvey “Considered Harmful” Essays Considered Harmful Commented Nov 23, 2017 at 13:43