cellular automaton
noun
1
: a hypothetical computing machine that can reproduce itself
2
: an element in a computer simulation composed of semiautonomous interacting elements
specifically
: any of such elements that are visualized on a computer screen as square or hexagonal cells comprising an array, grid, or lattice, that are controlled by similar but separate software routines or hardware devices, that can exist in a number of states, that are influenced by the states of their neighbors, and that are used to simulate diverse complex systems (as neuronal activity in a brain or traffic flow patterns)
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“Cellular automaton.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cellular%20automaton. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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