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noncomputation

noncomputation noun: absence of computation; failure to compute something.

Noun

noncomputation (countable and uncountable, plural noncomputations)

  1. Absence of computation; failure to compute something.
    • By a noncomputation of Turing machine M on input w we mean any string (over the alphabet used to represent computations) that does not represent a valid […]2013, Seppo Sippu, Eljas Soisalon-Soininen, Parsing Theory: Volume II LR(k) and LL(k) Parsing, page 388

Forms of noncomputation

pluralnoncomputations

Origin of noncomputation

From non- + computation.

Questions about noncomputation

What does noncomputation mean?
Noncomputation means absence of computation; failure to compute something.
What part of speech is noncomputation?
Noncomputation is a noun.
What is the plural of noncomputation?
The plural of noncomputation is noncomputations.

Words near noncomputation in the dictionary

  1. noncompulsive
  2. noncompulsory
  3. noncomputability
  4. noncomputable
  5. noncomputably
  6. noncomputation
  7. noncomputational
  8. noncomputations
  9. noncomputed
  10. noncomputer
  11. noncomputerised

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