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finite-state machines

finite-state machines is the plural of finite-state machine.

Meaning of finite-state machine

Noun

finite-state machine (plural finite-state machines)

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

Questions about finite-state machines

What is finite-state machines the plural of?
Finite-state machines is the plural of finite-state machine.

Words near finite-state machines in the dictionary

  1. finite verbs
  2. finite-dimensional
  3. finite-state automata
  4. finite-state automaton
  5. finite-state machine
  6. finite-state machines
  7. finiteless
  8. finitely
  9. finitely generated
  10. finitely presented
  11. finiteness

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