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noun
A type of computing model where the next action is not entirely determined by its current state and the symbol it reads.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, computing-theory, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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History
Turing introduced "c-machines" in his 1936-37 paper "On Computable Numbers" to represent machines that, upon reaching a certain state, require an "arbitrary choice" to be made.
