EXPSPACE

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proper noun

The set of all decision problems that can be solved by a Turing machine using O(2ᵖ⁽ⁿ⁾) units of memory, where p(n) is a polynomial function of the input size.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. computingThe set of all decision problems that can be solved by a Turing machine using O(2ᵖ⁽ⁿ⁾) units of memory, where p(n) is a polynomial function of the input size.

    First, the hierarchy theorems tell us that a Turing machine can decide more languages in EXPSPACE than it can in PSPACE.

    1997, Michael Sipser, Introduction to the Theory of Computation, Boston, M.A.: PWS Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 313
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