In electronics, high impedance (also known as hi-Z, tri-stated, or floating) may depict the state of an output terminal which is temporarily not driven by the output circuitry. In digital circuits, it means that the signal is neither driven to a logical high nor to a logical low level (hence "tri-stated"). Such a signal can be seen as an open circuit (hence "floating") because connecting it to a (low impedance) circuit will not affect that circuit; it will instead itself be pulled to the same voltage as the actively driven output.