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    In computer science, a state space is a discrete space representing the set of all possible configurations of a system. It is a useful abstraction for...
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  • In information technology and computer science, a system is described as stateful if it is designed to remember preceding events or user interactions;...
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    In computer science, data (treated as singular, plural, or as a mass noun) is any sequence of one or more symbols; datum is a single symbol of data. Data...
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  • In computer science, an operation, function or expression is said to have a side effect if it has any observable effect other than its primary effect of...
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  • State-space search is a process used in the field of computer science, including artificial intelligence (AI), in which successive configurations or states...
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    Theoretical computer science is a subfield of computer science and mathematics that focuses on the abstract and mathematical foundations of computation...
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    formal languages, which are used in mathematical logic and theoretical computer science, a string is a finite sequence of symbols that are chosen from a set...
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  • This glossary of computer science is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in computer science, its sub-disciplines, and related fields, including...
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  • state space is a discrete space considered in computer science. It may also refer to: Configuration space (physics) Phase space Quantum state space State-space...
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  • structures for efficient analysis. State-space models are applied in fields such as economics, statistics, computer science, electrical engineering, and neuroscience...
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    The history of computer science began long before the modern discipline of computer science, usually appearing in forms like mathematics or physics. Developments...
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  • In computer science and networking in particular, a session is a time-delimited two-way link, a practical (relatively high) layer in the TCP/IP protocol...
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    Fundamental areas of computer science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines...
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  • Concurrency theory has been an active field of research in theoretical computer science. One of the first proposals was Carl Adam Petri's seminal work on Petri...
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  • In computer science, state space enumeration are methods that consider each reachable program state to determine whether a program satisfies a given property...
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    environmental issues, and space opera, which emphasizes pure adventure in a universe in which space travel is common. Precedents for science fiction are claimed...
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    In computer science, garbage collection (GC) is a form of automatic memory management. The garbage collector attempts to reclaim memory that was allocated...
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  • In computer science, a lock or mutex (from mutual exclusion) is a synchronization primitive that prevents state from being modified or accessed by multiple...
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  • called MSR-type algorithms which have been used widely in fields from computer science to control theory. Bitcoin uses proof of work, a difficulty adjustment...
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  • In computer science, a fiber is a particularly lightweight thread of execution. Like threads, fibers share address space. However, fibers use cooperative...
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  • In software engineering and computer science, abstraction is the process of generalizing concrete details, such as attributes, away from the study of objects...
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  • (1960s–present) History of software List of computer science awards List of computer science journals List of computer scientists List of Internet pioneers List...
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    state vector of its own. In general, the vector space for an n-qubit system is 2n-dimensional, and this makes it challenging for a classical computer...
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  • In computer science, marshalling or marshaling (US spelling) is the process of transforming the memory representation of an object into a data format suitable...
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  • In computer science, thrashing occurs in a system with memory paging when a computer's real memory (RAM) resources are overcommitted, leading to a constant...
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    Katherine Johnson (category American computer scientists)
    the beginning of the Space Shuttle program, and she worked on plans for a human mission to Mars. She was known as a "human computer" for her tremendous...
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  • In logic and computer science, specifically automated reasoning, unification is an algorithmic process of solving equations between symbolic expressions...
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    The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) is the science operations center for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), science operations and mission operations...
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  • formal sciences are the branches of science that are concerned with formal systems, such as logic, mathematics, theoretical computer science, information...
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    electronics engineering and computer science. Computer engineering is referred to as electrical and computer engineering or Computer Science and Engineering at...
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