"semi-decidable" meaning in English

See semi-decidable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: semidecidable [alternative]
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  1. (computing theory) Of a set, such that there is a deterministic algorithm such that (a) if an element is a member of the set, the algorithm halts with the result "positive", and (b) if an element is not a member of the set, (i) the algorithm does not halt, or (ii) if it does, then with the result "negative". Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: recursively enumerable

Alternative forms

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