"Game of Life" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: the Game of Life [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1|head=Game of Life}} the Game of Life
  1. An American board game simulating progress through life, with job, marriage, etc. Categories (topical): Board games Translations (the board game): 人生ゲーム (Jinsei Gēmu) (Japanese), Jogo da Vida [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-Game_of_Life-en-name-O6wt-mfH Disambiguation of Board games: 61 39 Disambiguation of 'the board game': 71 29
  2. A cellular automaton devised by mathematician John Horton Conway, consisting of a grid of cells that are either "alive" or "dead" and grow or diminish based on the number of adjacent living cells. Categories (topical): Cellular automata
    Sense id: en-Game_of_Life-en-name-PQevgLL4 Disambiguation of Cellular automata: 20 80 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 37 63 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 39 61

Alternative forms

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