Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

halting problem

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

Syllables: halt-ing prob-lem
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The problem of deciding in finite time whether a given program will finish running in finite time, when given a certain finite input.

Inflected Forms

halting problems (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Entscheidungsproblem

Questions

What does halting problem mean?: The problem of deciding in finite time whether a given program will finish running in finite time, when given a certain finite input.

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