pushdown automata

A form of pushdown automaton — 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.

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of pushdown automaton
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