automatic sequences

automatic sequences

[¦ȯd·ə¦mad·ik ′sē·kwən·səs]
(computer science)
The characteristic of a computer that can perform successive operations without human intervention.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Shallit, Automatic Sequences, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2003.
Regularity of a function related to the 2-adic logarithm
Tests can be applied individually or in set automatic sequences for repetitive multi-test routines.
Combination tester
Fortunately all the automatic sequences occurred, and the chute opened.
Bill Blackwood

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