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finite-state automaton



The simplest computing device. Although it is not nearly powerful enough to perform universal computation, it can recognize regular expressions. Finite-state automatons (FSAs) are defined by a state transition table that specifies how the FSA moves from one state to another when presented with a particular input. FSAs can be drawn as graphs.


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