State machine

noun

Word Frequency: 0.7

Definitions

1.nounA formalism for describing computation, consisting of a set of states and a transition function describing when to move from one state to another.

"This algorithm will produce a state machine for parsing a given context-free grammar."

2.nounThe state machinery; state apparatus.

Synonyms

automaton finite-state automaton finite-state machine machine of government machinism machinery apparatus compound machine automechanism automatonism mechanism enginery

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