A combinational circuit is composed of basic logic gates like NOT, AND, and OR gates. Logic gates perform operations using combinations of input signals to produce output signals. An OR gate outputs a 1 if any or both of its inputs are 1. An AND gate outputs a 1 only if both inputs are 1. A NOT gate, or inverter, outputs the opposite of its single input. Combinational circuits use these logic gates together to perform more complex logical operations on multiple inputs and produce a single output.