This document discusses minterms and maxterms using two binary variables, x and y, connected with an AND operator. It defines a minterm as the product of all variables in their complemented or uncomplemented form, giving xy, xy, xy, and xy as the minterms for x and y. It also defines a maxterm as the sum of all variables in their complemented or uncomplemented form. Venn diagrams can be used to represent and explain the combinations of variables and Boolean algebra laws. Boolean functions can be expressed in canonical form as a sum of minterms or product of maxterms.