Wolfram code

noun

A code used to describe one-dimensional cellular automaton rules, based on a mapping of cell states to a digit sequence.

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Meanings

nounWolfram code (plural Wolfram codes)

plural Wolfram codes

  1. A code used to describe one-dimensional cellular automaton rules, based on a mapping of cell states to a digit sequence.

    The rule runs its own randomizer, using Wolfram code 30.

    1990 April 29, Rudy Rucker, “vants and wator, calab, long message”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)

Origin

Introduced by Stephen Wolfram in a 1983 paper.

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