"pushdown automaton" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pushdown automata [plural], pushdown automatons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|pushdown automata|s}} pushdown automaton (plural pushdown automata or pushdown automatons)
  1. (computing theory) An automaton with finitely many states that can also use one unbounded stack of memory; the automaton may only push, pop, or read the top of the stack. Abbreviation: PDA. Wikipedia link: pushdown automaton Categories (topical): Mathematics, Theory of computing Synonyms: pushdown Related terms: Turing machine, cellular automaton, unlimited register machine, context-free grammar Translations (automaton): 下推自動機 (Chinese Mandarin), 下推自动机 (xiàtuī zìdòngjī) (Chinese Mandarin), zásobníkový automat [masculine] (Czech), pinoautomaatti (Finnish), Kellerautomat [masculine] (German), automat ze stosem [masculine] (Polish), potisni automat [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)

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