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pushdown automaton

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables
push-down au-toma-ton
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An automaton with finitely many states that can also use one unbounded stack of memory; the automaton may only push, pop, or read the top of the stack. Abbreviation: PDA.

Inflected Forms

pushdown automata (plural) pushdown automatons (plural)

Phrases

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Frequently Paired Words

Turing machine cellular automaton unlimited register machine context-free grammar

Synonyms

pushdown

Questions

What does pushdown automaton mean?
An automaton with finitely many states that can also use one unbounded stack of memory; the automaton may only push, pop, or read the top of the stack. Abbreviation: PDA.

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