Langton's ants

A form of Langton's ant — A simulated ant, part of a cellular automaton with simple rules but complicated emergent behaviour. The ant traverses a square lattice of cells, changing their colours and its direction as it passes over them.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Langton's ant
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