Zeno machine

noun

A hypothetical computational model, related to Turing machines, that would be capable of carrying out computations involving a countably infinite number of algorithmic steps.

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Meanings

nounZeno machine (plural Zeno machines)

plural Zeno machines

  1. computingA hypothetical computational model, related to Turing machines, that would be capable of carrying out computations involving a countably infinite number of algorithmic steps.

Origin

Named in reference to Zeno's paradoxes.

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