"halting problem" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: halting problems [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} halting problem (plural halting problems)
  1. (computer science) The problem of deciding in finite time whether a given program will finish running in finite time, when given a certain finite input. Wikipedia link: halting problem Categories (topical): Computer science Related terms: Entscheidungsproblem Translations (problem in theoretical computer science): problème de l’arrêt [masculine] (French), Halteproblem [neuter] (German), problem stopu [masculine] (Polish), stopproblemet [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-halting_problem-en-noun-YtN4-TuD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences

Inflected forms

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