cellular automaton
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cellular automaton (plural cellular automata or cellular automatons)
A glider gun in the Game of Life cellular automaton.
(computing theory) An automaton consisting of cells arranged in a regular grid, in one or more dimensions. Each application of an associated rule creates a new generation, where the cells have a new configuration of values.
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Applications Computer processors Cellular automaton processors are physical implementations of CA concepts, which can process information computationally.
Cellular automaton rule space allows us to ask the question concerning whether rules with similar dynamical behavior are "close" to each other.